during a recent national convention of the League of Municipal Agricultural Officers,  and Municipal/City Agriculturists of the Philippines (LeMMCAP) in Aklan, with the theme: “Organikong pagsasaka tungo sa malusog na mamamayan at kaaya-ayang kalikasan.” The DA chief, who authored the ‘Organic Agriculture Act of 2010,’ said the DA promotes organic farming to restore the soil’s fertility, enable farmers save on chemical inputs, increase farm productivity and income, and provide consumers with natural, more nutritious food products. Top photo also shows (from left) DA-NAFC Director Ariel Cayanan, Assistant Secretary and national rice program coordinator Dante Delima, LeMMCAP President Jesusa Noveda, and Aklan Governor Carlito Samson Marquez. (Photo by Kathrino Resurreccion, DA Information Service)

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