It is widely accepted that agriculture serves as the backbone of many of the world's economies, especially developing countries like the Philippines. The domestic agricultural sector is a principal source of livelihood and employment for Filipinos yet challenges remain on how to scale up the sector's productivity, embrace transformative solutions, and meet the evolving needs of stakeholders. The Department of Agriculture, under the leadership of newly-appointed Acting Secretary William Dar, embarks to address these concerns with its so-called eight new paradigms to level up Philippine agriculture.

Join us for an afternoon of discussion with Secretary Dar as he presents an overview of this redesigned blueprint to tackle some of Philippine agriculture's most pressing issues, opportunities for public-private sector cooperation as well as other plans and priorities of the Department.