Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. said the DA’s Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (BAFE) has been designated to lead the nationwide implementation of FMR projects. Centralizing responsibility under BAFE is intended to ensure consistent engineering standards, particularly in agricultural heartlands where road quality directly affects farm incomes, logistics efficiency, and access to markets, the DA chief added.

Complementing this move is FMR Watch, a public transparency and monitoring portal developed and managed by BAFE’s Information Systems and Digitalization Division. The platform enables stakeholders to track projects from proposal to completion by integrating official records from the Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering Management Information System with budget data, construction milestones, geotagged photos, and citizen feedback.

FMR Watch has tracked 4,810 projects undertaken between 2021 and 2025, with a combined investment of P76.52 billion and coverage of nearly 2,400 kilometers of roads nationwide. Of these, 3,135 projects have been completed.  ### (Photos by Alan Jay Jacalan, DA-AFID)