The government expects to double the level of farm mechanization in the Philippines from the present 1.23 horsepower per hectare to 3hp/ha before 2016, as it prepares the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Agriculture and Fisheries Mechanization Act (AFMech).

Rex Bingabing, director of the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech), said that AFMech, also known as Republic Act10601, will make farming profitable and create more jobs in the countryside.

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