Farmers took to the streets to air their gripes
Farmers left their fields and marched to the streets on Oct. 21 to protest the massive corruption that are destroying the agricultural sector and their lives.
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SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: AGRICULTURE
Of the six promises Marcos made on agriculture, three were fulfilled. His administration succeeded in providing loans to the agriculture sector for farm inputs, imposing a one-year moratorium on payment of land amortization and interest and the signing into law of the new Agrarian Emancipation Act.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Can dragon fruit serve as an alternate crop for rice?
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
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Puwede bang alternatibong pananim sa palay ang dragon fruit?
Ang dragon fruit ba ay isang magandang alternatibong pananim sa palay? Maaari bang i-export ang prutas sa Taiwan?