LA TRINIDAD: Benguet Governor Nestor Fongwan on Tuesday called on the academe to start talking about the effects of the Association of Southeast Asian (Asean) Free Trade Area (AFTA) agreement and instituting good agricultural practices to be at par with our neighboring countries upon the implementation of the AFTA next year.

Fongwan, who was guest of honor and speaker during the 98th Foundation Anniversary of the Benguet State University (BSU), said that “while there is more money in circulation if we talk about mining industry, there are more people depending on the vegetable industry that is why let us not allow the vegetable industry to collapse”.

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