Increase DA’s budget, lawmakers urged

By Anna Leah E. Gonzales

Aug 28, 2020 12:19 am

Roberto Amores, chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s agriculture committee, speaks during The Manila Times Food Security through Agribusiness and Digitalization online forum on Aug. 27, 2020. (Screengrab from The Manila Times Facebook page)

Congress must increase the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) budget to improve the country’s agriculture industry, a Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) officer said on Thursday.

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