From The DA Secretary

Major overhaul

FARMERS TO BUY 

PREFERRED SEEDS

IN NEW RICE 

PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM

By Manny Piñol

I believe it was Albert Einstein who said: "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is Insanity."

Over the last years, the Department of Agriculture has been implementing a Rice and Fertilizer Subsidy Program which was largely unsuccessful and rife with corruption but which has been done over and over again.

Insanity?
Well, following the definition made by the genius Einstein, it was indeed insane for government to continue implementing the program.

Consider these:
- Every year the DA Regional Offices buy rice seeds and fertilisers which are distributed to the farmers for free through a defective procurement process which does not consider the fact that the germination life of a rice seed could not go beyond six months.

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