Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on Friday exhorted top officials of the Department of Agriculture to ensure vigorous implementation of programs to achieve rice self-sufficiency in the Philippines.

“We should hit rice self-sufficient within the next two years… It’s a must not a choice,” Piñol said in press conference after the department’s turnover ceremony in Quezon City.

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