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Article: PHILIPPINES' AGRARYO TRADE FAIR EYES GLOBAL MARKET.
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- June 9, 2005
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MANILA, June 9 Asia Pulse - You buy the products and you generate more income for the farmers; then you actually create more economic opportunities in the rural areas and thereby push for more equitable economic growth.
Thus, said Land Reform Secretary Rene Villa at the opening of the five-day Agraryo Trade Fair (ATF) now on its fourth year at Megatrade Hall, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City on Wednesday. The fair will end on Sunday.
Villa said the Philippines is targeting the global market for its products produced agrarian communities in the country.
The affair coincided with the 17th anniversary of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program ...