President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. graced the opening of the 1st National Soil Health Summit at the Diamond Hotel on June 21, 2023.
The two-day event themed: “Securing Food and Nutrition through Healthy Soils”, aims to bring together the different institutions and stakeholders to share, exchange, and level the expectations regarding soil health strategy for reinvigorating agricultural productivity in the Philippines.
The summit is jointly organized by the DA-BSWM, Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD), House of Representatives, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), and Griffith University. (photos by Adonis Buhayan, DA-AFID)