During the launch of the 22nd Davao Agri Trade Expo on Friday, John Carlo Tria, president of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc., told attendees that the annual event was his group’s largest agriculture industry expo and the longest-running in the southern Philippines. He formally announced the opening of the expo with the theme “Rebooting the Country’s Agriculture Towards the New Normal.” The event will run a series of online forums beginning November 10. He stressed that Mindanao remains the country’s food basket, being the champions of food exports, such as coconut and banana. Alessandro Marini, country director of International Fund For Agricultural Development, underscored the “vast potential” of the country’s agribusiness sector. The Davao Agri Trade Expo is “an important occasion and exchange between the private sector and the government toward a fruitful agricultural economy,” Marini said.

Source: Manila Times October 31, 2020 16:25 UTC