Published by the Bohol Sunday Post Newspaper: Filipino Congressmen from all over the country came Friday to hold the Bohol round of the ongoing nationwide public hearing on House Resolution 170, calling for the review of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA), the most-participated, so far.
In an interaction, Boholanos had a chance to raise their concerns as to attaining food sufficiency amidst the perceived crisis during Friday's well-attended joint House committee consultative conference at the Grand Ballroom of the Bohol Tropics.
Rep. Abraham Kahlil Mitra, chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture and Food, led the conference together with Rep. Alfredo Marañon, chairman of the Committee on Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources, Rep. Edgar Chatto, senior vice chairman of the Agriculture Committee, and Rep. Nicanor Briones, vice chairman of the Special Committee on Food Security.
The committee members were Representatives Rodolfo Antonino, Lorenzo Tañada III, Andres Salvacion, Roberto Raymund Estrella of ABONO Party-List who authored the AFMA review resolution, and Bohol's Representatives Roberto Cajes and Adam Relson Jala.
Boholanos weighed down on the need for the appropriate use of the billions fund for AFMA, access to credit or financing with low interest rates, and recognizing the plight of the municipal agricultural workers who are devolved without fund support.
Among the concerns was to allocate 30 percent of AFMA's starting annual budget of P18 billion should go to irrigation, but sustaining the communal irrigation system (CIS) facilities.
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