LOS BAÑOS, Laguna: “Family farms are truly key players for inclusive growth and rural development, as well as to our food secure future.”

Thus said Sen. Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Agriculture and Food Committee during her keynote speech at the 2nd National Small and Family Farmers/New and Beginning Farmers Conference held at the headquarters of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture here last September 20-21.