Davao City Administrator Melchor Quitain says P31.5 million will be utilized to buy 15,000 sacks of rice for the farmers in Cotabato province. On April 1, 2016, thousands farmers formed a barricade at the national road of Kidapawan, calling the provincial government of Cotabato to release the calamity fund for those affected by the continued dry spell. (Ace R.Morandante/davaotoday.com)