Agriculture miracleIt’s good to see the secretary of agriculture visiting the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Baños, Laguna. And that being concurrent secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Marcos will give R&D the necessary support, particularly funding, to produce more miracles in agriculture. There’s a lot that needs fixing in the agriculture sector. * * *Marcos’ taking on the agriculture portfolio concurrently with his enormous tasks as President shows the importance he is giving to addressing the crisis in agriculture. But the buck will stop with the secretary of agriculture.
