Marcos relays food production agenda in 1st SONA
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., in his 1st State of the Nation Address (SONA) highlighted the importance of agriculture in pushing for growth and employment in the country. “One of the main drivers of our push for growth and employment will be in the agricultural sector,” he said. As concurrent Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA), Marcos laid out plans to counter two problems besetting Philippine agriculture for the short- and long-term. “Ang mga suliraning agarang mararamdaman ng ating mga kababayan ay ang posibilidad ng tuloy-tuloy na pagsipa ng presyo ng pagkain at kakulangan sa suplay ng ating pagkain,” he said. As such, Marcos announced that the Department of Agriculture […]