A bureau of the Department of Agriculture over the weekend declared that it is keen on raising the mechanization levels of farms in the country to more than two horsepower per hectare (hp/ha) in the next three years.

The projection by the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) was set to allow the country’s agricultural production to catch up with other Asian countries.

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