SEN. Cynthia Villar on Wednesday urged government economic managers to ramp up funding for the modernization of agriculture, arguing that the country is behind its neighbors, particularly in farm mechanization.

At the continuation of the Committee on Finance meeting with the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC), Villar, chairman of the Senate agriculture and food committee, stressed the importance of mechanization in helping farmers produce crops more efficiently.

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