BONGABON, Nueva Ecija: Mayor Allan Xystus Gamilla on Monday urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to spearhead a summit that will discuss how to prepare farmers and government agencies for the forthcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) integration.

Mayor Allan Xystus Gamilla, whose constituents depend primarily on agriculture such as onion and rice, said the government has to come up with a detailed road map to keep the viability of the already crippling onion industry when the competition among nations goes stiff as a result of the integration next year.

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