Memorandum Circular No. 16, Series of 2020 on the Guidelines on Financial Grant Assistance to Farmers and Fisherfolk Cooperatives/Associations and Community Based Organizations under the Enhanced "Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita Inclusive Food Supply Chain Program".

Pursuant to the declaration of State of Emergency under Republic Act No. 11469 ("Bayanihan Act of 2020"), the Department of Agriculture (DA) among others has been tasked to "ensure availability of food by adopting measures as may reasonably be necessary to facilitate and/or minimize disruption to the supply chain, especially for basic commodities and services to the maximum extent possible". These Memorandum Circular establishes the Guidelines on Financial Grant Assistance to Farmers and Fisherfolk Cooperatives/Associations and Community Based Organizations under the Enhanced "Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita Inclusive Food Supply Chain Program". The Program seeks to ensure food commodities available and accessible in high consumer demand areas, particularly among the poor and low-income families, by harnessing private sector participation, capacity enhancement of farmers' cooperatives and associations and engaging community organizations' participation in food supply distribution system.
These guidelines cover the provision of financial grants for capacity enhancement of: a) farmers and fisherfolk cooperatives, associations (FCAs) on value-adding activities in the food supply chain such as procurement of produce, aggregation, initial processing, packaging, transport and distribution of agricultural and fishery commodities; and b) community-based organizations for the operation and management of KADIWA retail markets (palengke) or KADIWA retail stores. The target organizations are those that participate and/or are interested to participate in the DA's Enhanced KADIWA ni Ani at Kita Inclusive Food Supply Chain Program.