The Philippines Department of Agriculture is pushing for the SOCIALIZATION OF FARMS. It will vigorously push for farm CLUSTERING & CONSOLIDATION, being one of the key strategies to level up the Philippine agriculture sector. “It is important to convince farmers and their respective cooperatives and associations or FCAs to collectivize and come together to optimize the interventions and assistance provided by the DA and other government agencies,” said Agriculture Secretary William Dar. As a way to encourage farm clustering and consolidation, the DA’s NCP will recommend a "NO CLUSTER, NO ASSITANCE" policy in terms of production, postharvest, processing, and marketing assistance, said NCP Director Lorenzo Mamauag Caranguian. https://www.da.gov.ph/farm-clustering-consolidation-needed-to-level-up-agri-sector/