The Duterte administration’s economic managers on Tuesday called for a more resilient and adaptive agriculture sector, especially when it comes to extreme weather events, in keeping up with demand and ensuring price stability in the market. “The economic team continues to push for the full implementation of non-monetary and administrative measures to stave off possible supply bottlenecks that have caused prices of key agricultural commodities to surge last year,” Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia, and Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said in a joint statement. “In the fisheries sector, sustainable management of coastal and other marine resources should be intensified, more so with the reported decline in available fish in open waters,” they added.

Stronger agri sector to fight inflation. (2019, February 7). The Daily Guardian, p. 7.