The Department of Agriculture (DA) reported a 5-percent to 10-percent increase in upland farming areas as a result of the Agricultural Tramline System (ATS) project, which aims to reduce postharvest losses and cost in transporting crops.
Rex Bingabing, executive director of the DA-Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech), said that almost 26,000 upland farmers—mostly members of tribes and indigenous peoples—have benefited from the ATS project.
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