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THE Department of Agriculture has assured legislators
of buoying farm productivity and profitability in Mindanao through a
broad range of programs and projects it will implement.
This is in keeping with the
government’s commitment to devote 30 percent of agency program
funds to Mindanao, Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap said in a
statement.
He said his department has been
meeting and consulting with House members representing the province
in the hope of working out individual projects and intervention
measures that will meet specific agricultural concerns in their
respective congressional districts.
Yap noted that higher public
spending on agriculture will keep the sector in Mindanao on a
sustained, high growth path, resulting in a profitable venture for
small farmers, fisherfolk and other stakeholders.
The agri head issued the
statement to address the worries of the Mindanao representatives.
--Chino S. Leyco
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