Higher-value factory, farm products pushed

By The Manila Times

May 11, 2022 12:52 am

THE country needs to continue pursuing the development of higher-valued products from the manufacturing and agribusiness sectors with the use of science, technology and innovation (STI).

Pagtanaw 2050, a Department of Science and Technology-funded interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary project, said the level of innovation in agriculture was measly 0.8 percent in 2018, which 'should be a wake-up call to devote more attention' to the sector.

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