DA implements 'Plant, Plant, Plant' program amid quarantine
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is implementing the 'Plant, Plant, Plant' program or 'ALPAS Laban sa Covid-19' to boost food sufficiency amid the enhanced community quarantine.
Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the program aims to advance planting and harvesting activities for essential commodities like rice, corn, fisheries, and vegetables.
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced that the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has adopted DA's recommendations to pursue optimal levels of harvesting and planting operations with support from the National Irrigation Administration.
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