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Task Force Mapalad backs DAR's mega farm project

Farmers’ groups have expressed skepticism about the feasibility of achieving the president-elect’s campaign promise of reducing the price of rice, but Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Bernie F. Cruz insists that it can be done via the agency’s project. Cruz has invited various farmers’ groups to join the DAR…

(File photo) MANILA - A party-list lawmaker on Tuesday said it is possible to achieve President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong' Marcos Jr.'s campaign promise to slash prices of rice to as low as PHP20 per kilo if appropriate and timely measures are immediately put in place. Magsasaka Partylist Representative Argel Cabatbat said the government should infuse a budget of at least PHP400 billion into the agriculture sector to ensure basic support services and infrastructure, and cut the high cost of production and marketing, and labor-intensive farm practices. Cabatbat said policymakers sh...

Department of Agrarian Reform press briefing (Screengrab from DAR Facebook) MANILA - The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said bringing down the price of rice to around PHP20 per kilo is achievable through its mega farms project. In a press conference on Monday, DAR Secretary Bernie Cruz said the concept of the project is to consolidate small and individual farm lots into mega farms for rice production. "The mega farm is a cluster of contiguous farms that are consolidated to form a sizable plantation capable of producing a large volume of farm products to meet the demands of consumers,...