{"id":241328,"date":"2020-01-04T03:12:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T08:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=241328"},"modified":"2020-01-04T03:12:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T08:12:33","slug":"da-to-prioritize-building-fmrs-in-communist-infested-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/04\/da-to-prioritize-building-fmrs-in-communist-infested-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"DA to prioritize building FMRs in communist-infested areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_240646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-240646\" style=\"width: 1751px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-240646\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1751\" height=\"1435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dar.jpg 1751w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dar-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dar-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dar-1024x839.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1751px) 100vw, 1751px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-240646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Agriculture Secretary William Dar reports on the agriculture sector&#8217;s plans and programs, during the press conference held at Agricultural Training Institute-Rural Development Education Center (ATI-RDEC) building along Elliptical Road, Quezon City on Thursday (Dec. 19, 2019). (PNA photo by Ben Briones)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u2014Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Friday said they will prioritize the construction of farm-to-market roads (FMRs) in communist-infested areas as part of the government\u2019s initiative to fight insurgency.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference, Dar described the move as a \u201cdouble-purpose intervention\u201d as it aims to encourage peace and development in the countryside.<\/p>\n<p>Dar said the department would collaborate with the Department of Public Works and Highway to reduce construction backlog of around 10,000 kilometers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have about 10,000 kilometers of incomplete road networks, and we will prioritize the construction and rehabilitation of FMRs in communist-infested communities,\u201d Dar said.<\/p>\n<p>The FMRs would give access to and from food production areas, allowing food producers to bring their produce in trading areas and gain maximum profit from their production.<\/p>\n<p>Dar noted that the move is aligned with the new-thinking approach for agriculture to level-up productivity and income in the agriculture sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Friday said they will prioritize the construction of farm-to-market roads (FMRs) in communist-infested &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":240646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-filane-mikee-cervantes","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241328","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241329,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241328\/revisions\/241329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}