Marcos appears to be much aware of the troubles in the agriculture sector, but his performance in the first seven months of his administration as DA secretary leaves much to be desired.
Sinabi ni Sen. Cynthia Villar, chair ng komite, na ang Republic Act No. 8172, na kilala bilang Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN), ay naging "balakid" sa pag-unlad ng industriya na gumawa ng 300,000 metric tons ng asin noong 1994, isang taon bago naging batas ang ASIN.
Sen. Cynthia Villar, who chairs the committee, said Republic Act No. 8172, known as the Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN), has become a “deterrent” to the development of the industry that produced 300,000 metric tons of salt in 1994, a year before ASIN became law.
Sa pagpasok ng bagong taon, umabot sa P750 hanggang P800 kada kilo ang presyo ng sibuyas na dating nasa P60 lang. Tanong ng maraming Pinoy: Bakit nagkakaganito?
Sa isang pagtalakay sa paggamit ng asin sa produksyon ng niyog, sinabi ni Sen. Cynthia Villar na kasing laki ng industriya ng bigas ang industriya ng niyog sa bansa. Ito ay hindi totoo.
The coconut industry is not as big as rice in terms of volume and value of production. In 2021, the country produced 19.96 million MT of palay worth P332.77 billion at current prices. That same year, coconut production was at 14.72 million MT, valued at P123.67 billion at current prices, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s 2022 Selected Statistics on Agriculture and Fisheries.
Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos said recently that farmers can earn more by planting dragon fruit alternately with rice. “’Yung Taiwan malaki ang demanda ng dragon fruit (Taiwan has a high demand for dragon fruit). Eh [but] they can only plant dragon fruit three or four times, three or four months of the
Ang dragon fruit ba ay isang magandang alternatibong pananim sa palay? Maaari bang i-export ang prutas sa Taiwan?
The DA got the ninth largest share in the 2017 and 2018 budget.
Ang 2018 na pambansang budget ay nagbibigay ng P53.34 bilyon sa DA at mga ahensya sa ilalim nito, ikasiyam na may pinakamalaking bahagi para sa taon.