QUEZON CITY, Feb. 8 — Pursuant to the intensified promotion of the bamboo industry, Agriculture Secretary William Dar made a policy pronouncement declaring bamboo as a high-value crop.
QUEZON CITY, Feb. 8 — Pursuant to the intensified promotion of the bamboo industry, Agriculture Secretary William Dar made a policy pronouncement declaring bamboo as a high-value crop.
We need to bring together efforts in sustaining and making the environment resilient, while at the same time enhancing the economic activities of the sector, Dar said during a meeting of the Philippine Bamboo Industry Development Council (PBIDC), February 6, at the Department of Agriculture (DA).
“With bamboo as a high-value crop, we can undertake various interventions that include basic research, processing and value-adding, and budgetary support, complementing the programs and projects of the PBIDC,” said Secretary Dar.
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