Economic opportunities should be expanded for those engaged in agriculture like small farmers and fisherfolk, as they are the ones providing Filipinos with food, according to Sen. Cynthia Villar.
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“We have to expand economic opportunities for those who are engaged in agriculture such as our small farmers and fisherfolk as they are the ones providing us with food on our tables,” she added. She noted that the country’s agriculture sector is challenged, and that the agricultural and biosystems engineers’ new approach and determination can help solve perennial problems confronting the sector.
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