MANILA - With barely three months left before Secretary William Dar leaves the Department of Agriculture (DA), he wants to be remembered for his legacy of providing direction for the sector's future leaders. Foremost among the programs was the "OneDA Reform Agenda" based on consolidation, modernization, industrialization and professionalization, and science-based key strategies to make the agriculture sector competitive. "Ang legacy po natin ay may direksyon ang sektor ng agrikultura (Our legacy is the direction for the agriculture sector), 'yung (the) thinking, it led to a new food security development framework. There was the global summit of the food systems approach so we made our own version of that, sinama na natin ito lahat sa (we rolled everything into the) OneDA Reform Agenda. That's a legacy. We have a direction for the future. It will be the solid foundations of the sector," he said on Tuesday during an online press briefing. The reform agenda
To prevent the smuggling of imported agricultural commodities and the entry of transboundary agri fishery pests and diseases, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is prioritizing the establishment of an integrated Cold Examination Facility in Agriculture (CEFA) with complementary testing laboratories.
Subic Bay Freeport The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday signed an agreement to put up a border control facility for the full inspection of fresh and frozen agri-fishery products entering the country through the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma…
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