AN American acquaintance who is here in the Philippines to assess the huge export potential of ube (purple yam) is wondering why the country still imports significant amounts of fish from the United States given the fact that we have a longer coastline.

I told her that the observation does not fully illustrate the tragic state of the Philippine agri-fishery sector. The worst case that one can probably think of is our salt industry.

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