Author: DA Press Office | 21 August 2025
In the presentation of Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. on Wednesday to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform chaired by Senator Francis Pangilinan, he laid out the urgency of modernizing the sector—from irrigation and logistics to market access and legislative support.
Tiu Laurel urged senators to support sweeping reforms and substantially increase investments in the agriculture sector, saying bold action is needed to correct decades of underinvestment that have left Filipino farmers behind and the country dependent on imports.
“Our goal is clear: import only what we need, and produce as much as we can,” Tiu Laurel told senators. ### (Photos by Jay Morales, DA-OSEC)
