ADVERTISEMENTVillar had questioned the DA allocation for research under its National Corn Program. READ: Villar hits DA for high budget on corn research: ‘Baliw na baliw kayo sa research’Villar said she just wanted to advise the DA to divide its budget between research and application since research alone will not help the farming sector. “I was telling them that if you have budget, you divide it,” said Villar, one of the country’s richest legislators. “One half of the budget should be research and another half would be for the application of your research and how it will impact on the farmers,” Villar said. “Because if you have research, research per se, and you don’t apply it to the farming communities, what is the use of research?

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 16, 2019 10:52 UTC