Nature’s events in Asia benefit Philippines: DA
>> Wednesday, April 20, 2011
By Dexter A. See
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The radiation crisis in Japan and the bird flu infestation in South Korea have been beneficial to the growth of the country’s agriculture sector because of growing demand for locally-produced agricultural crops, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said here Wednesday.
Alcala took the chance of having a dialogue with agriculture stakeholders here following has visit to the different agriculture areas to check on the status of their production.
He said the radiation crisis in Japan which has greatly affected the products coming from the said country has seen the surge in the demand for local agricultural crops from other neighboring countries thereby giving a brighter chance for the locally grown crops to shine in the international market.
Alcala said because of the bird flu infestation in South Korea, the Korean government even went to the extent of borrowing anti-bird flu vaccines from the Philippines which they readily acceded considering that the two countries have good diplomatic relations.
The DA official told agriculture stakeholders the country is now exporting a substantial volume of agricultural crops to numerous countries due to the problems being encountered by Japan and South Korea, thus, there is no way why the Philippine government will import such crops from other parts of the global village.
Alcala took the chance of having a dialogue with agriculture stakeholders here following has visit to the different agriculture areas to check on the status of their production.
He said the radiation crisis in Japan which has greatly affected the products coming from the said country has seen the surge in the demand for local agricultural crops from other neighboring countries thereby giving a brighter chance for the locally grown crops to shine in the international market.
Alcala said because of the bird flu infestation in South Korea, the Korean government even went to the extent of borrowing anti-bird flu vaccines from the Philippines which they readily acceded considering that the two countries have good diplomatic relations.
The DA official told agriculture stakeholders the country is now exporting a substantial volume of agricultural crops to numerous countries due to the problems being encountered by Japan and South Korea, thus, there is no way why the Philippine government will import such crops from other parts of the global village.
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