The Department of Agriculture (DA) has set high hopes that the country’s food producers would also be processors and entrepreneurs themselves to uplift their livelihood while increasing food production.

The government failed to do this in the past years, which limited farmers capacity to raise their productivity and earnings, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said.

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