Agriculture sector prepares for drier weather in 2016
Year 2016 will be crucial for Philippine agriculture as it faces a drier weather due to a stronger El Niño but this will not be the only thing that the sector will have to face. Other than that, the Department of Agriculture (DA) will also have to think of ways on how to improve palay and corn production, boost the livestock sector, among others. For this year (2016), the national budget allotted for the agriculture sector stands at P94 billion, which is higher compared to the P89 billion the industry had in 2015. Rice field (File) The priorities of the DA may have seemed largely focused on interventions for El Niño but Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said the attention for the country’s crops sector, livestock, fisheries will not be reduced this year. “We have our usual priorities that we can’t ignore. We always put our focus on palay production and [...]