MANILA, Philippines- Tiniyak ng Department of Agriculture (DA) na ginagawa ng administrasyon ang lahat ng makakaya nito para protektahan ang mga magsasaka at mangingisda laban sa epekto ng climate change.
Sa naging talumpati ni DA Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban sa pagdiriwang ng National Farmers and Fishers Month, nangako si Panganiban na ipagpapatuloy ng administrasyon ang suporta nito sa sektor ng agrikultura.
“This year, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the single greatest annual investment in climate change for the farm and fishery sector, with more than PHP25 billion for research, new technologies, training, and infrastructure to allow the sector to adapt to climate-related impacts,” ani Panganiban.
“The Marcos administration will continue to push for stronger support for the sector, given the budget that we are asking for. Because expanding investments along the food value chains will create jobs, especially for the marginalized sectors of our society,” dagdag na pahayag nito.
Tinuran pa nito na ang mga magsasaka at mangingisda, nagsilbi bilang food security goal front-liners, ay karapat-dapat na kilalanin ang kanilang “selfless hard work.”
Sa pagsuporta sa agri-frontliners ng bansa, winika ni DA Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa na isinama ng administrasyon ang apat pang “major programs” kabilang na rito ang “P2.3-billion Adapting Philippine Agriculture to Climate Change project, sakop ang Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region, Northern Mindanao, and SOCCSKSARGEN; Philippine Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency Project (FishCore) nagkakahalaga ng P11.422 billion para sa 24 lalawigan; ang P6.625-billion Mindanao Inclusive Agriculture Development Project para sa 26 ancestral domains; at Philippine Rural Philippine Rural Development Project, na may pinakamataas na budget na P45.012 billion, sakop ang 82 lalawigan sa bansa.
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