Manila, March 4 -- The Philippines may sign a 350 million euros (PHP23.8 billion) worth of Official Development Assistance (ODA) with France in April or May for the construction of bridges supporting farm-to-market roads (FMR), the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Wednesday.

The ODA was secured following the official visit of the DA delegation in France from Feb. 20 to 27.

"Nasa procurement stage na kami. And we are targeting within April, siguro hanggang May magkaroon na ng (We are in the procurement stage. And we are targeting within April or until May to have the) signing and loan agreement," DA spokesperson Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said in a press conference.

In particular, the ODA will help construct bridges to make...