NEDA cluster rejects 2-yr ban on land conversion

THE government’s economic team has rejected the two-year ban on the conversion of agricultural land into non-agricultural sites as proposed by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), saying that such moratorium is detrimental to economic growth. It is now seeking the concurrence of other related government agencies with the move to put its position forward with more gravitas.

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is opposing the two-year ban on land conversion, which had earlier gained the support of the Department of Agriculture and President Rodrigo Duterte, who is set to issue an Executive Order for the moratorium.