{"id":207365,"date":"2019-03-28T05:32:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T09:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=207365"},"modified":"2019-03-28T05:32:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T09:32:34","slug":"ph-hungary-agri-chiefs-hold-bilateral-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/28\/ph-hungary-agri-chiefs-hold-bilateral-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"PH, Hungary agri chiefs hold bilateral meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_207369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207369\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207369\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-207369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The highlight of the event was the signing of memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation that will reinforce the positive engagements between the two countries especially in the field of agriculture. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel \u201cManny\u201d Pi\u00f1ol and Hungary\u2019s Minister of Agriculture Dr. Istvan Nagy on Wednesday met to discuss emerging opportunities in the agriculture sector and how they can lead to stronger trade and investments ties.<\/p>\n<p>Pi\u00f1ol said issues discussed in the bilateral meeting were market access concerns and the proposed cooperation in the field of crops and livestock biotechnology research, food safety, and agricultural mechanization.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the event was the signing of memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation that will reinforce the positive engagements between the two countries especially in the field of agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>A joint working group will be formed that will monitor the implementation of the MOU, Pi\u00f1ol said.<\/p>\n<p>Both countries also agreed that many untapped opportunities exist in the agricultural sector that could prove mutually beneficial.<\/p>\n<p>Pi\u00f1ol said the Philippines would like to diversify its export to Hungary in the form of high value coconut products, fishery products, fresh mangoes, fishmeal, copra meal, and seaweed-based animal feeds, carrageenan, and abaca.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Hungary is planning to increase its export of poultry meat products to the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>While in the Philippines, the Hungarian Minister of Agriculture is scheduled to visit the Philippine Rice Research Institute, Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization, and the Philippine Carabao Center in Nueva Ecija.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel \u201cManny\u201d Pi\u00f1ol and Hungary\u2019s Minister of Agriculture Dr. Istvan Nagy on Wednesday met &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":207369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","mauthors-lilybeth-ison","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207371,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207365\/revisions\/207371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}