President Rodrigo Roa Duterte leads the tying of the rope symbolizing a strengthened partnership between the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Ayala Group of Companies. On Saturday, November 18, 2017, Duterte and Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol opened the first TienDA Food Outlet set-up in selected Ayala Malls to give farmers a steady market place and give consumers access to safe, quality and locally-grown foodstuff at affordable prices. Also in photo are (L-R): Ayala Land Chief of Executive Officer and President Bernard Vincent Dy, Ayala Chairman and CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, and DA Undersecretary for Agribusiness and Marketing Bernadette Romulo-Puyat. (Photo by Alan Jay Jacalan/DA-AFID)