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| PNN | 9787 |
| Work Detail | More than 2,000 Novo Ecijanos joined the province’s first ever Agricultural Summit at the Nueva Ecija Convention Center here. Gov. Czarina Umali said agriculture will be the core and top priority program of her administration. “I believe that the core issue in agriculture is food. There is no food without agriculture. But a good harvest will not necessarily bring food on the table of every Novo Ecijano. “The challenge therefore is not only to ensure high agricultural production but to make certain that people will get the food that they need. The idea is to liberate food from the mundane complexity of economics and politics, and eradicate hunger through responsible and sustainable agriculture,” Umali added. Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol is expected to award a support package to Nueva Ecija agriculture amounting to P300,000,000. Nueva Ecija is considered the “rice granary” of the Philippines. Its annual rice yield exceeds its consumption and the surplus is exported to national and international markets. Some 274,000 hectares of its land area are agricultural and 200,000 hectares are planted to rice. Since 2002, it has been the top rice-producing province. But Nueva Ecija has its own share of woes. Typhoon “Lando” and Typhoon “Nona” in 1910 devastated the province and caused damage that to this day are under rehabilitation. Its irrigation facilities also run short during dry season which lessen rice production to about 50 percent. Small farmers are also at the mercy of loan sharks and low gate prices. Seasonal farm hands get displaced by farm machinery. All these issues were tackled in the Agricultural Summit. Its theme “Maunlad na pagsasaka, modernong teknolohiya, salalayan ng masiglang ekonomiya” (Progressive farming, modern technology, bases for a vibrant economy). |
| Country | Philippines , South Eastern Asia |
| Industry | Food & Agriculture |
| Entry Date | 15 Oct 2016 |
| Source | http://thestandard.com.ph/news/-provinces/215615/ne-holds-agriculture-summit.html |
