Govt wants to attract youth to venture into agriculture

The Manila Times

Govt wants to attract youth to venture into agriculture  Making agriculture sexy again? Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella 3rd on Aug. 21, 2024, says the Marcos administration is eyeing to distribute the remaining 800,000 hectares of land to agrarian reform beneficiaries until the end of 2028. 'Lets make agriculture sexy again,' Estrella said, as he reiterated the need to attract the young generation to venture into agriculture. He said graduates of four-year agriculture courses would also have the chance to acquire government-owned lands, as well as retired police and military personnel and rebel returnees.   Video by Catherine Valente  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #tmtnews  #agriculture  #philippines

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00:00make agriculture sexy again. How? How? We have to encourage the young people to go into it.

00:10We lure them by EO75. Government on lands.

00:17Number 1, retired PNP and AFP personnel. Number 2, rebel returnees. Number 3, to answer your question, graduates of 4-year agricultural courses.

00:37How many hectares are you going to give? 3 hectares maximum per person. That's a big thing. And it's still too early because we're going to do the MARCOS.

00:53Sir, for example, I am a graduate of a green forest. How am I going to avail that 3 hectares?

01:23We're not going to give it to those who can use it. If they want, their students can also graduate. But there's an agreement already. The Pangasinan State U and the Northern Mindanao State U have agreed.

01:42When will that happen, sir? This administration of our beloved President, the so-called MARCOS. What is MARCOS? Modern Agrarian Reform Community Organized Settlements.

01:57Sir, as of today, how many agri-graduates have been given land?

02:03There's a lot already. I don't have the data yet. But there's a lot already because we have a lot of local owned by LGUs. They were given, but the ones who were given are also rebel returnees.

02:26But the other rebel returnees, at the same time, they graduated from a 4-year agricultural course. That's why the two qualifications were added.

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