Agro vital: Official

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AGRICULTURE remains the principal economic activity which provides a livelihood for 85 per cent of the rural population, a senior official says.
Department of Agriculture and Livestock secretary Daniel Kombuk said recently that the rural population relied directly on subsistence farming for their basic needs as they did not have direct access to government funding and their voices needed to be heard.
“The seven million plus population of farmers who rely on agriculture for their daily sustenance in PNG, whose voices often go unheard must be heard,” Kombuk said.
“They need to be heard at both the policy and implementation levels if we are to realise the dream of empowering PNG’s economy through agriculture.”
“Farmers are struggling to sustain their livelihood and work hard but access to government money is not easy.”

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  • Mr. Secretary, you have hit the nail on the head!!!
    Now you have to do something about the whole sector. One point of ORDER for you – LOOK INTO THE SO-CALLED MVF THAT LEAD ORGANIZATION IS ROLLING OUT. THE SMALL FARMERS ARE GOING TO MISS OUT BIG TIME AS THE PROJECT IS PITCHED ELSEWHERE! INVESTIGATE AND GET BACK ON TRACK THE PROJECT BEFORE THE RURAL SMALLHOLDER FARMERS MISS OUT COMPLETELY.
    SOS CAL GOING OUT TO YOU.

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