Incoming DA Sec Manny Piñol Shows Plan in Solving Country’s Food Problem

Ex Governor and incoming Department of Agriculture Chief Manny Piñol bares his plan in fighting country’s problem on food through a Facebook post he published 3 hours ago as of writing.

He also admitted that his plan was inspired by presumptive President Duterte from the words often uttered in front of the poor people: Nakakain na ba kayo?

Let us hear what the future Secretary of Agriculture has to say about his plans:

 

Of all the speeches delivered by President-elect Rody Duterte, I was most inspired by his message to the participants of the Food Security Forum which I organised April 21 in Davao City.

My governance will be very simple. It will revolve around the well-being of the Filipino people. I will ask them “Nakakain na ba kayo?,” “Nakapagpagamot ba kayo?,” “Nakapag-aral ba ang mga anak ninyo?,” “Wala na ba kayong takot?,” he said.

I was endlessly inspired by that statement because I have long believed that governance is all about people.

Identify the problems confronting your people, find solutions to their problems and implement those solutions to improve their lives. These are the basic governance rules which I follow.

Yesterday, I started a journey I call “Biyaheng Bukid” which I hope would bring me to all the remote areas of the country never before reached by other national government officials and I wish to complete this before Rody Duterte assumes the Presidency on June 30.

There’s just the three of us now – a driver and an aide who will document the journey. On Saturday, I will be joined in Abuyog, Leyte by my brothers, Ferdinand and Pat, and we will move northwards.

I would like to talk to the farmers, the fisherfolk and all those who will be involved in food production.
I would like to see the countryside for myself so that I would have a deeper understanding of what needs to be done when I start working as Secretary of Agriculture.

This was the same thing which I did when I was Governor of North Cotabato. I carried my tent and spent the nights in the remote villages of my province to talk to ordinary people.

My conversations with them helped me design programs which reduced poverty in my province from 56.2% in 1998 to only 29% when I left office in 2007.

The Biyaheng Bukid will be more challenging because of the breadth and width of this archipelagic country.
All the things that I will learn from this journey, I will present to President Rody Duterte so that he too would have a clear understanding of what people in the countryside who fought for him and worked for his victory expect from his Presidency.

This early, I would like to extend my apologies to my politician friends who may be offended if they would know that I visited their areas without informing them.

Please understand that as of today, I am still a private citizen. I consider myself just an inquisitive journalist trying to find answers to the question why this country and its people are still poor in spite of the richness of the land, the waters and seas and the natural resources.

When I am able to find the answers, I will present to President Duterte my recommended solutions which I know he will implement.

 

excerpt from: cebudavao.com

 

 

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