The Duterte Administration will limit rice importation so that Filipino farmers will have a chance to produce their own crops.
Incoming Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol told DZRH News that President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will make sure local farmers will have equal opportunity in the farming industry.
Piñol also it took sometime before the realization that he had been named by President-elect Duterte as his Agriculture Secretary.
“It all happened very quickly. I actually did not have an appointment with the incoming President like the others but Senator Alan Peter Cayetano who accompanied the delegation from Cavite asked me to join the group in saying “Hi” to President Duterte.
Suddenly Duterte said: “And meet the new Secretary of Agriculture, former Cotabato Governor Manny Piñol.”
While Piñol did not lobby for the position, he would be lying if he said that I was not happy with the appointment.
Deep inside Piñol, he told myself: “Wow, now I will be able to do what I had long wanted our agriculture officials to do which is to produce more food for the Filipinos and improve the lives of our farmers.”
Duterte’s marching orders were very clear: “Ensure available and affordable food for the Filipinos,” and “No Corruption in the DA.”
Piñol said Philippine agriculture will have to go back to the basics and food production will be the major thrust of the administration of President-elect Duterte.
Duterte, mayor for 23 years of Davao City which is one of the country’s top food producing areas, said the government’s agriculture programs over the years have strayed to so many other activities and the primary task of producing food has been neglected. Source: RH TV News
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