To solve our agricultural crisis, we should emphasize three points—production, extension and consolidation. If we do not do this, the agriculture sector will never realize the potential it promises.
During the nine years before the pandemic, agriculture grew by an average of 1.6 yearly, compared to industry’s 6.8 percent. What caused this disappointing performance? This was the subject tackled by the Agrifisheries Alliance (AFA) at a press conference and town hall meeting held on May 13.
AFA covers five different sectors—farmers and fisherfolk (Alyansa Agrikultura or AA), agribusiness (Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. or PCAFI), science and academe (Coalition for…
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