Providing farmers, fishermen access to cheap credit

Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Food (left), presides the Senate hearing on Tuesday (June 6, 2017) into the Agri Agra Reform Credit Act of 2009 to look into the effectiveness of the law providing farmers and fisherfolk access to cheap credit. Also in photo are Land Bank of the Philippines Vice President Emellie Tamayo (rightmost) and Director Pia Roman-Tayag of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). (PNA photos by Avito C. Dalan)