"Government agencies concerned must coordinate with one another to avoid setting contradicting policies," says expert

University of the Philippines-Los Banos College of Forestry professor Dr. Rex Victor Cruz (center) says during the Philippine Agricultural Journalists, Inc. (PAJ) Forum on Usapang Sakahan titled: Climate Change: Handa na ba tayo? held at Sangkalan Restaurant, Visayas Avenue, Quezon City on Thursday (Feb. 23, 2017)that discord among some government policies at present slows down the agricultural sector's resilience-building efforts. Beside him from right are Dr. Reiner Wassmann, Senior Scientist and Climate Change Specialist, Crop and Environmental Science Division of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI); and PAJ President Ramon Floresca. (PNA photo by Ben Briones)
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