The Iloilo Provincial Government’s PRDP (Philippine Rural Development Project) team presented to Governor Arthur Defensor, Jr. the Certificate of Recognition given by the Department of Agriculture for its remarkable contribution and invaluable commitment to the implementation of Social and Environmental Safeguards of the PRDP during the Social and Environmental Safeguards Forum with Partner LGUs on March 4, 2024, in Cagayan de Oro City.

Iloilo Province is one of the 56 Local Government Units (LGUs) in the country which received the said recognition.