A group of seaweed producers is urging the Marcos administration to hike the budgetary support to the industry to boost domestic production and take advantage of huge market potential in the local and global market. Alfredo Pedrosa III, chairman of the Seaweed Industry Association of the Philippines, appealed to the government to revert the annual budgetary support for the seaweed industry to about P250 million.

Arcalas, J. A. Y. (2022, September 3). Seaweed growers appeal for Palace funding support. Business Mirror, p. A3.