Despite the game-changing recommendations from the May 14 National Farmer-Fisherfolk Congress and the May 18-19 National Food Security Summit, the feeling of success may be short-lived.
That is if the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) will not approve any money for the implementation of these recommendations.
On June 14, the public private Philippine Council of Agriculture and Food endorsed the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) proposed (two-tiered) 2022 budget to the DBM.
Tier 1 covers ongoing 2021 programs of the same scope and quantity. Tier 2 contains new programs and expansion of existing ones. The DBM disapproved many of the DA initiatives under Tier 2.
For 2020 …
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