Banks should invest more in government bonds, as well as those issued by state-owned lenders Land Bank and Development Bank, to help the Duterte administration provide more funds to develop the farm sector, Bankers Association of the Philippines said.

“We believe that banks can help the farmers in more ways than one,” BAP Managing Director Cesar Virtusio said in a statement on Monday.

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