‘Agri venture schemes, block farming needed’

The government should encourage agribusiness venture arrangements (AVAs) and sugarcane block farming (SBF) to boost agrarian reform beneficiaries’ (ARBs) productivity and income, a recent Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) study said.

According to the study, AVAs and SBF can be successful and profitable if the government supports these beneficiaries in their operations, from production to marketing.