INVESTMENTS in agriculture and revised importation policies, among others, should be implemented by the government given the farm sector's contribution to the economy, stakeholders said at a forum organized by the Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (Pcafi).

"The private sector contributes 95 percent of the investment in the agriculture sector. It should be provided with the right environment for people to invest in it. Government contribution to the total agricultural output is less than 5 percent yearly," Pcafi President Danilo Fausto claimed during the organization's latest "Halalan 2022 Para sa Agrikultura" forum.

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