PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte wants the budget for the Philippine agriculture sector raised to boost food production amid the rapidly growing population in the country, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said on Tuesday.
In a statement, Piñol said the President directed him during a Cabinet meeting on Monday to submit a budget proposal “10 times bigger” than the agriculture department’s current allocation.
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