The PCAFI is urging lawmakers to invest a portion of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) in projects that would improve agricultural productivity, such as the construction of postharvest facilities and warehouses.
The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. is urging lawmakers to invest a portion of the Maharlika Investment Fund in projects that would improve agricultural productivity, such as the construction of postharvest facilities and warehouses.
“We demand that a portion of the Maharlika Investment Fund be invested in the agriculture sector. We do not see in the Maharlika Investment Fund anything [related to] the agricultural sector,” he told reporters in a recent interview. What’s important, the PCAFI chief said, is that the government would invest in the agriculture sector to help improve domestic food productivity.
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