Greater promotion and support is being given services and manufacturing to raise Philippine global competitiveness, but an equally strong agricultural road map is just as vital an ingredient for sustained economic growth.

“The Philippines is at the cusp of a high and hopefully prolonged growth phase. However, the ability of this growth to deliver sustained creation of jobs and reduction of poverty has been questioned,” noted the paper entitled “Urgent: A Road Map for Agro-Industrial Development in the Philippines.”

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