Roehlano Briones, senior research fellow of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, talks with Rappler's Ralf Rivas about inflation and the needed infrastructure for agriculture to thrive. Catch this RapplerTalk episode this afternoon at 4 pm!
So far, a Senate probe has highlighted cracks in the agriculture sector that have been there for years. Senators are now calling on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to appoint an agriculture secretary, instead of concurrently heading the Department of Agriculture.
In this Rappler Talk episode, Roehlano Briones, senior research fellow of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, breaks down the issues of importation, local production, and the needed infrastructure to bring prices down while giving farmers fair pay.
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