Senator Cynthia A. Villar on Wednesday called out the Department of Agriculture (DA) for its continuing reliance on importation instead of focusing on building up self-sufficiency through programs that will help farmers improve their yield. READ:
January 11, 2023 | 8:09 pmSENATOR Cynthia A. Villar on Wednesday called out the Department of Agriculture for its continuing reliance on importation instead of focusing on building up self-sufficiency through programs that will help farmers improve their yield.
In a hearing on Senate Bill 120 or the Corn Industry Development bill, the chair of the agriculture and food committee, said:t have to import, and then produce it at a price where it is competitive.Hopefully, the Department of Agriculture will keep in mind that we should always, towards the long-term, produce what we need,Supply should equal demand. In the meantime, while we are unable to do so, we will import, but that is a temporary solution.Ms.
However, “production cannot keep up with the demand of 8.9 million metric tons in the country for 2022,” she said. The total production for corn last year reached only 6.1 million MT, which led to the importation of 537,568 MT of yellow corn and 2.9 million MT of feed wheat, which is used as a substitute for yellow corn.
Ms. Villar said the DA seems to be adopting importation as a permanent solution by failing to help develop the industry.Is your job to give livelihood to the importers, not to give livelihood to the farmers? We should be clear on that,
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