Ralph Recto
Filipino politician
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This is a long-term investment in food security. Every peso farmers save on diesel can instead be used for seeds, fertilizer, equipment and other needs that directly improve their productivity and income,
The President’s mandate is to ensure that farmers have reliable irrigation without depleting their income on irrigation costs,
- Recto saidDaily Tribunetribune.net.ph/2026/10…
We want to move from traditional irrigation to smart, digital and climate-resilient water management,
- Recto saidDaily Tribunetribune.net.ph/2026/10…
President Bongbong’s directive is to ensure that farmers have reliable irrigation without having their earnings eaten up by irrigation costs. As the effects of climate change intensify, we will build systems that can be relied upon during droughts, withstand disasters and genuinely strengthen the livelihoods of our farmers,
- Recto said in a statementThe Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/10…
All of this spans 147 kilometers. It's a major infrastructure, major logistics infrastructure for the Luzon Economic Corridor. That is very important. We need an additional leg in our stool, so to speak, for our economy,
- Recto saidThe Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/10…
We are on the right track. There was a slight delay in the past, and the President is keeping a close eye on this so that we can finish on time,
- said Recto, a former senatorThe Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/10…
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