The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food, Inc. held its second roundtable this year, with PCAFI President Danny Fausto once again putting forth the concerns of the agriculture industry, which are especially urgent given the looming food crisis amid the country’s food insecurity.
Still, there are possible solutions in sight, starting with an increase in the country’s agriculture budget. “…The budget for 2023 is now being repaired and being submitted to congress and we are confident that since there were pronouncements that now, agriculture is given top 5 priorities in terms of budget allocation,” he added.
“The problem now with the absorptive capacity of the Department, we have been suggesting to ramp up the infrastructure of the Department of Agriculture so that these resources for next year can immediately be downloaded to the production program,” Fausto said. Fausto appeals for budgetary allocations to important sectors and industries, such as the salt industry, which does not have a budget.
Related to this is the request for the deployment of more agricultural technicians to relevant barangays, at least a 1:10 ratio, “to assist the farmer in the new technologies and to ramp up and increase production.”Fausto previously mentioned the need for mini agro-industrial centers strategically located in agricultural, aquaculture, and fishing communities that will help farmers in the handling and post-processing of their harvests.
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