Under the agreement, ANI will be allowed to sell various agricultural products including vegetables, rice and fruits at the suggested retail prices of these products. The DA said use of the online market portal is free of charge by its users and official program partner-participants. “As such, payment for the sale of agricultural products shall be done directly to the official program partner-participant online seller, or logistics or delivery service provider,” the MOA further stated. The contract of exchange or sale, and cost of logistics or delivery shall be between the online buyer and the official program partner-participant online seller or delivery service company. The DA said there are already 12,000 farmers benefitting from its new online program that it had activated to help the agricultural sector and consumers cope with the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: Manila Times May 04, 2020 16:36 UTC