AGRICULTURE Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. is optimistic the country can surpass its 2023 record of 20.06 million metric tons (MT) of local palay production this year, following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s order to restore the DA's rice production budget.
"We're now hopeful we could do better than 2023," Tiu Laurel said, noting that the reinstatement the P10-billion budget cut from the DA's rice program will enable the agency to hit its 20.46 million MT target for 2025.
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