LOCAL banana growers and stakeholders are calling on the Duterte administration to intervene on the issue of Agribusiness Ventures Arrangements (AVA) which are currently being reviewed by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

They are worried that government interference with live contracts will provide a disincentive to local and foreign investors, apart from its being unconstitutional.

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