Manila, Aug. 25 -- Mindanao will be the food basket of the Philippines and will be given its due share and priority in agriculture and rural development.
This was the take of Agriculture Secretary William Dar in a press briefing in Davao City on Saturday, wherein he cited that Mindanao is a great contributor to the economy of the country.
Dar cited the potential of Mindanao due to its rich soil, climate and its regions which he said, is conducive to development and a center for agri-industrialization.
"We will rectify that from the point of view of agriculture and rural development, we can go beyond that because there is lesser occurrence of natural disasters in Mindanao," he stressed.
He added that the agri-industrialization vision is ...