MANILA - A World Bank official on Wednesday said he supports the Department of Agriculture’s plea for a bigger budget next year to speed up the country's economic recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
MANILA - A World Bank official on Wednesday said he supports the Department of Agriculture’s plea for a bigger budget next year to speed up the country's economic recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
"So we definitely agree that the agriculture sector should receive its good portion for that," he added. Agriculture Undersecretary Ariel Cayanan said the agency would find it “really, very challenging” to accomplish its targets with the smaller approved budget. To offset the budget cut, Cayanan said the DA will seek investments from the private sector.
Weiss, the lead author of the report, said the local agriculture sector should grow faster than the country's population.
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