Marcos, who also serves as the DA secretary, issued the directives during a sectoral meeting in Malacañang on Tuesday.The President said he wants government initiatives to remain on track with the Farm-to-Market Roads National Plan .'To prioritize our farmers, we've decided not to lower tariffs and instead develop or repair crucial farm-to-market roads where needed,' Marcos said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
'We have to be in coordination with other departments as to where the areas that need to be prepared are, that we want to start planting high-value crops in this area, for example, we need to put an FMR there because we need to improve it,' he said.Marcos also said the rehabilitation and repair of FMRs that were damaged by flood and other natural disasters should also be considered.