PH agri spending boosts output, farmer incomes

THE Philippines has started to reap the gains of its massive investments in agriculture in the form ofincreased production and income of farmers, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.

The DA received a total budget of P339 billion from 2011 to 2015, the highest budget ever allocated to the department in a span of five years. The amount corresponds to the budget allocated under three previous administrations—from the time of President Ramos in 1994 to the last year of President Arroyo in 2010.