Lawmakers have urged the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Science and Technology to ensure that the “needed technology upgrade and development” will be extended to salt producers in Northern Luzon as part of the country’s fisherfolk sector.
“The state of local salt industry faces current challenges such as the limited government policies, and no government agency “adopting” the salt production,” they said in the three-page HR No. 1032. Under HR No. 1032, the North Luzon lawmakers urged the government to tap the country’s “big potential for expanding salt production and robust fishery sector.”