The country’s salt industry now has a law of its own, meant to rejuvenate and strengthen this “dying” trade.
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez also said RA 11985 is a crucial step forward in advancing the development and modernization of the salt industry. “This backing encompasses appropriate technology, research, financial assistance, as well as support services in production and marketing tobreathe new life into the salt industry, ramp up production, attain self-sufficiency in salt, and position the Philippines as a notable salt exporter,” observers noted.
Central to the salt roadmap is the “Salt Council” chaired by the Department of Agriculture, which will drive the modernization of the Philippine salt industry. She said this is also a “prayer heard” from the sector’s workers and stakeholders who have been appealing to revitalize the salt industry. “Apart from the thousands of new jobs that this law will create, the income of our farmers will also increase,” Agri Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee said in Filipino.