"It is my moral obligation to provide available & affordable food for my people."

President Rodrigo R. Duterte

"The Department of Agriculture must go back to its basic mandate and that is to produce food for this nation."

Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol

"Why import when our farmers could very well produce the food."

President Rodrigo R. Duterte

"This market proves that the government will do anything to protect its farmers from being bullied by traders & middleman."

Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol

"We must discover what our people do best in agriculture. Then we come in with technology, financing and marketing. That is the key to combat rural poverty."

President Rodrigo R. Duterte

"We have to benchmark the competitiveness of the Filipino farmers to achieve food sufficiency despite the challenges in Philippine Agriculture."

Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol

"Illegal fishing must stop. The bounty of our seas and waters is not for us alone. We must leave something for the future generation."

President Rodrigo R. Duterte

"I have faith in the Filipino farmer. He is industrious and hardworking. My role as a leader is to give him the support he needs to be productive."

President Rodrigo R. Duterte

"You know the golden rule, don’t you boy? Those who have the gold make the rules."

Aladdin