The Philippines and the United States will be forming a ministerial team for agricultural cooperation as President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. sought to tap the Western partner's expertise in research and development and capacity building efforts.
The Philippines and the United States will be forming a ministerial team for agricultural cooperation as President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. sought to tap the Western partner's expertise in research and development and capacity building efforts.
"As we had started to plan our way out of the pandemic economy, even the financial experts, we would talk about the economy, we would talk about the more strictly financial aspects of the development economy, we still keep coming back to agriculture and we cannot do all of the things that we would like to do for our economy if our agriculture is not -—there are agricultural system—is not strengthened," Marcos said on Monday during a series of meetings with US Cabinet officials.
Particularly, these are: agriculture research for development, capacity-building initiatives specific to the advancement of biotechnology agenda in the country and expanding market access of Philippine agricultural products to the US. He said goal is to strengthen research and development in the agricultural sector, particularly in biotechnology centers, geospatial databases, climate-proof facilities, and information services.
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