WITH President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of his plan to place Boracay under agrarian reform to give its lands back to farmers, the Philippine government-hosted Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) is looking to assist in the development of the island’s agriculture sector.

Gil Saguiguit Jr., Searca director, said the center is conceptualizing a project that will help Boracay farmers and indigenous peoples make the best use of the land they will receive from the government.