Marcos asks farmers to help provide cheap, quality food for Filipinos

FILE PHOTO: A farmer transplants rice seedlings at a rice field in Pulilan, Bulacan, on Monday, February 26, 2024. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urges agrarian reform beneficiaries to help the government provide cheap and quality food for Filipinos. INQUIRER / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday urged agrarian reform beneficiaries to help the government provide cheap and quality food for Filipinos.

The President’s appeal comes as he distributed a total of 5,918.44 hectares of land to farmer beneficiaries from South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sarangani, and Sultan Kudarat.

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“Inaanyayahan ko kayo na makipagtulungan sa mga ahensya ng gobyerno upang magamit ninyo nang wasto ang mga lupaing ito at makatulong sa karagdagang suplay ng mura at dekalidad na pagkain para sa ating mga kababayan,” said Marcos in his speech.

(I encourage you to cooperate with government agencies to adequately utilize these lands and help provide our countrymen additional cheap and quality food.)

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Marcos also reiterated his order to the Department of Agrarian Reform to expedite land distribution to farmer recipients.

The president assured the public that the government would help farmers raise their income.

Marcos has traveled to different parts of the country to help distribute land to agrarian reform beneficiaries.