THE Duterte administration has allocated P120 billion for the agriculture and agrarian sector this year, in line with the aim to reach out to neglected laborers in the country, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said

In a statement on Monday, the DBM said a third of the P46.0 billion budget allotted to the Department of Agriculture (DA) is earmarked for initiating research and development, market development, credit support services for commodity programs in agriculture and fishery, and construction of farm-to-market roads.

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