DAVAO CITY: The chairman of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) has described the country’s economic managers, policy planners and lawmakers as “simply deaf and blind” to his contention that the Philippines could be on the road to self-sufficiency if only Mindanao farmers were given government support.

“This [belief] has always been my battlecry and advocacy. Unfortunately, my contention that the Philippines could be self-sufficient in food, especially rice, has been derided and ridiculed,” Emmanuel Piñol said over the weekend.

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