Manila, Dec. 10 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) 13's (Caraga Region) Mindanao Inclusive Agriculture Development Project (MIADP) on Wednesday announced the start of the PHP134 million construction of two farm-to-market roads (FMRs) within an ancestral domain in Agusan del Sur.

DA-13 facilitated the groundbreaking of the project inside the Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) 078 in the town of Rosario on Tuesday.

The project will involve the concreting of the 3.7-km. Purok 6, Cabantao-Gwahon-Redline, Maligaya FMR, valued at PHP80 million, and the 2.8-km. Purok Octie to Bahi FMR, worth PHP54 million, for the Manobo communities in the area.

"The FMR projects aim to primarily support the coconut industry of the Manobo tribe i...