MANILA, Philippines The Department of Agriculture (DA) will be implementing changes in its procurement program by taking into consideration the preferences of the farmers who would use the equipment.
MANILA, Philippines The Department of Agriculture (DA) will be implementing changes in its procurement program by taking into consideration the preferences of the farmers who would use the equipment.
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piol on Monday, May 6, told reporters that the old process would cause delays in the procurement due to rebidding, hence the decision to officially incorporate the end-users’ preferences in the process. (READ: To tame inflation, agriculture must improve economic managers)
“We already had directives in the past to consider the farmers’ preferences, but this was not really incorporated in the terms of reference. It was sort of an advisory only and now we would like to institutionalize this,” he said in a mix of English and Filipino.
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