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Agriculture Secretary William Dar is the first Filipino to head an international research organization. For a record 14 years or from 2000 to 2014, he headed the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) based in India and transformed it into a very responsive organization that significantly impacted poor farmers in parts of Asia and Africa. At ICRISAT, Secretary Dar emphasized

Amid the recent disruptions in the global food supply systems, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for the country to attain food sovereignty to assure that every Filipino will have enough food on their tables.

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