Tag: Farm-to-Market Roads
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DA Finds Ghost Farm-to-Market Roads in Mindanao
What are ghost farm-to-market roads? Ghost farm-to-market roads (FMRs) refer to projects that appear in planning and budget documents but either do not exist on the ground or fail to meet the stated standards. In Mindanao, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has flagged such cases as part of a broader audit into alleged corruption in…
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DA Probes Ghost Farm-to-Market Roads in Mindanao as Audit Expands
Overview: DA expands probe into Mindanao infrastructure The Department of Agriculture (DA) has identified substandard and non-existent farm-to-market roads (FMRs) across two Mindanao provinces. The findings come from the initial phase of an ongoing audit designed to investigate alleged corruption in rural infrastructure projects tied to the farm-to-market network that farmers rely on to bring…
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DA Audit Finds Ghost Farm-to-Market Roads in Mindanao
DA Audit Finds Ghost Farm-to-Market Roads in Mindanao The Department of Agriculture is expanding its audit of the farm-to-market roads (FMRs) program and has identified substandard and non-existent FMRs in two Mindanao provinces. The preliminary findings emerge as the department intensifies an anti corruption inquiry into how funds for rural infrastructure are managed and disbursed.…