AGRI SECTOR UNITES AGAINST SMUGGLING AND PORK
By: Ted Cho and Ver Garcia
Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala
Expressing disgust over unabated smuggling, unwarranted policies and misused of government funds in the name of farmers, local agri producers and allied industries formed an alliance to fight for survival and the rights agri farm workers.
At the agri summit in Kalayaan Hall of Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan, members of the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) called on the goverment to set the right policy directions and work with the private sector to ensure food security; sustainable local production; safe food and properly labeled agricultural produce; improved productivity and incomes; and rural livelihood.
SINAG is composed of 30 groups of rice, corn and vegetable farmers and traders, pork, livestock and poultry producers, aquaventure groups and fertilizer and pesticide suppliers nationwide. The SINAG members also called for the immediate prosecution and resolution of cases of those involved in the systematic plunder of the nation's coffers.
Representing millions of workers in the farming and allied sectors, SINAG said the underdevelopment of the agri sectors has long been used as a convenient pretext to misappropriate and steal government funds.
Billions of pesos that could have been used to increase farm productivity. build new irrigation systems, farm to market roads, post harvest equipment and facilities like slaughter houses and cold storage warehouses, marketing infra, retraining and extension services and other forms of public sector assistance, were instead technically divested by scrupulous politicians in connivance with erring public officials. (VMGBlogs)
By: Ted Cho and Ver Garcia
Expressing disgust over unabated smuggling, unwarranted policies and misused of government funds in the name of farmers, local agri producers and allied industries formed an alliance to fight for survival and the rights agri farm workers.
At the agri summit in Kalayaan Hall of Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan, members of the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) called on the goverment to set the right policy directions and work with the private sector to ensure food security; sustainable local production; safe food and properly labeled agricultural produce; improved productivity and incomes; and rural livelihood.
SINAG is composed of 30 groups of rice, corn and vegetable farmers and traders, pork, livestock and poultry producers, aquaventure groups and fertilizer and pesticide suppliers nationwide. The SINAG members also called for the immediate prosecution and resolution of cases of those involved in the systematic plunder of the nation's coffers.
Representing millions of workers in the farming and allied sectors, SINAG said the underdevelopment of the agri sectors has long been used as a convenient pretext to misappropriate and steal government funds.
Billions of pesos that could have been used to increase farm productivity. build new irrigation systems, farm to market roads, post harvest equipment and facilities like slaughter houses and cold storage warehouses, marketing infra, retraining and extension services and other forms of public sector assistance, were instead technically divested by scrupulous politicians in connivance with erring public officials. (VMGBlogs)
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