DAVAO CITY India and the Philippines are looking at other agriculture-related partnerships after recently agreeing to pursue several projects, including the establishment of pilot farms in Mindanao for high-yield varieties of garlic and onion.
DAVAO CITY India and the Philippines are looking at other agriculture-related partnerships after recently agreeing to pursue several projects, including the establishment of pilot farms in Mindanao for high-yield varieties of garlic and onion.
Your indigenous garlics, just like in India, are very pungent. Some agreements were signed on setting pilot farms in Mindanao regions that will really improve productivity of onions and garlic, and it will result to hundreds of millions of dollars, Indian Ambassador to the Philippines jaideep Mazumdar said at a news conference Wednesday during the opening of the three-day ASEAN-India 2nd InnoTech Summit in Davao City.
Mr. Mazumdar said an agreement was also signed with Land Bank of the Philippines for a project that will use satellite technology to reduce financing risk in agriculture.
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