The government’s economic cluster and the Office of the Vice President are calling for stronger land use administration instead of adopting the two-year ban on land conversion propsed by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

In a joint position paper, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Departments of Finance (DoF), Budget and Management (DBM), Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Office of the Vice President gave the proposed ban on land use conversion the thumbs down for its adverse impact on the economy —including the agricultural sector which the moratorium would supposedly protect.

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