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Senate hears proposed P71.8 billion DA budget for 2020: Department of Agriculture officials, led by Secretary William Dar (not in photo), defends the proposed P71.8 billion budget of the agency for 2020 before the Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee C chaired by Sen. Cynthia Villar (left) Monday, September 30. Villar said that of the P10 billion Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund under the Rice Tarffication Law, P7 billion have already been distributed to farmers through PhilRice and PhilMech since the law was enacted in March. The remaining P3 billion is still programmed to be distributed to DA’s other attached agencies. (PRIB photo by Cesar Tomambo/30 September 2019)