MODERNIZING agriculture will improve the country’s competitiveness, increase farm productivity and boost farmers’ income, according to Sen. Cynthia Villar.

Villar, head of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, lamented that the country has been slow in modernizing the agricultural sector because of the lack of specialized credit and mechanization support to farmers.

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