On his first day in office, President Noynoy Aquino (P-Noy) told the private sector: “Kayo ang boss ko.” His administration then achieved the highest ever average annual gross domestic product growth rate of 6.2 percent, and made game-changing records in areas that indirectly benefited agriculture (see Table). But the 3- to 4-percent agriculture growth target was missed.
Though P-Noy tried to change decades-long agriculture problems with more private sector involvement, this did not sufficiently take place. We must use his private participation legacy more effectively now to achieve the elusive agriculture development goal.
Agriculture commitment
P-Noy showed his agric…
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