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June 16-30, 2001
Sec Montemayor enforces three indicators to
solve poverty
by Rita T. dela Cruz
True to his strategy of empowering the
poor, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Leonardo
Q. Montemayor enforces three major indicators to solve
one of the most "up in the air" problems of
any nation, which is poverty. This he announced during
a short briefing amongst heads and staff of the Agricultural
Training Institute (ATI), DA-Region IV, and Bureau of
Agricultural Research (BAR) on 18 June 2001 at the ATI-JICA
Room, Quezon City.
Montemayor believes that by attaining
food security, making enough income for the farmers
and, involving all-important stakeholders in agriculture
to fully participate in the drafting of policies and
programs could mitigate poverty situation in the country.
Attaining food security
The country's food security is very much affected by
the performance of the agricultural sector. The underdevelopment
of the agricultural sector and the rural areas significantly
affect the production of food and other agricultural
commodities.
Sec Montemayor poses that in the attainment
of food security, programs should be well align to this
thrust. Making the results of R&D available, reaching
the farmers and putting them into use. He added that
the challenge there is "how do we manage these
interventions given the limited resources?"
Enough income for the farmers
A peasant champion through and through, Montemayor believes
that it is only by restoring to the poor the capacity
to take charge of their lives that they will have the
chance to improve their place in society. Most of the
country's farmers and fisherfolk find livelihood in
land and water resources, and having the full access
to these resources through grants and full ownership
would provide them security.
Involving all-important stakeholders in
agriculture
It is but important that farmers, fisherfolk and other
important stakeholders in the agriculture sectors be
given the chance to fully participate and involve in
the drafting of policies and programs since it is for
them. The reasons for having this programs and policies
lie on the very simple fact of improving their lives.
As a last note, Montemayor call on each
head present during the briefing to be mindful of these
three indicators. "So at the end, when each of
you come to me and report about your agency's accomplishments,
I want you to be mindful of these three indicators…"
Present during this activity were ATI
Dir Edwin Acoba, Regional Executive Director for Region
IV Dennis Araullo, BAR Dir Eliseo Ponce, BAR Institutional
Adviser Santiago Obien, and DA Undersecretary Ernesto
Ordonez. 
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Sec Montemayor enforces three indicators to solve poverty
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