INIHAYAG ni Senator Cynthia Villar ang pangakong pabubutihin ang buhay ng mga magsasaka, titiyaking tutugon ang kaniyang legislations sa kailangan ng agrikultura at isusulong ang food security.
Pinangunahan ng senadora, chairperson ng Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, ang ribbon cutting ceremony at opening program ng “The Philippine Poultry Show and ILDEX Philippines 2023” na idinaos sa SMX Convention Center.
Itinampok sa event, ang ‘cutting-edge technology’ at ‘informative seminars’ na tumutok sa poultry industry, livestock dairy products.
Lumahok ang mahigit 100 exhibitors mula sa 12 bansa, kabilang ang mga prominenteng kompanya na magagaling sa animal health, breeding at hatching, farm production at feed ingredient, at additive companies sa bansa.
Sa 19th Congress, sinabi ni Senator Cynthia Villar na isa sa kaniyang priority legislations ang “Livestock, Poultry and Dairy Development at Competitiveness Act of 2022,” na mahalaga sa poultry.
“To provide additional support to the livestock, poultry and dairy industry, I am also prioritizing the passage of The Yellow Corn Industry Development Act of 2022,” ayon kay Sen. Villar.
Iginiit ng senadora na mapaiigting ng dalawang bill na ito ang livestock, poultry, at dairy sectors.
Mabibigyan din nito ang backyard farmers ng pagkakataong mapabuti ang kanilang buhay.
Ipinagmalaki rin ng senadora na naghain siya ng mga panukala bilang tugon sa isyu ng smuggling.
“The amendment of Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act of 2016 to include the Acts of Hoarding, Profiteering and Cartel of Agricultural Products as Economic Sabotage, and The Establishment of Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Courts to try cases involving smuggling, hoarding, profiteering and cartel of agricultural products and to ensure that individuals and organizations involved in these activities are held accountable for their actions,” ani Villar.
“These are just some of the bills that I will pass to uplift our agriculture sector,” aniya.
Muli siyang nangako na makikiisa sa pangarap na makamit ang food sufficiency.
