Senator Cynthia Villar has defended the construction of houses and factories on farmlands, saying technology– not land– is the vital component of farming.
Villar, whose family owns a real estate company, said Tuesday (September 1) it was “wrong” to stop construction projects in rural areas.
“ ’Yung sinasabi na huwag i-convert ang farmland para magtayo ng bahay at ng factory, mali ’yun,” she said in a Senate hearing.
“We need to build small homes for Filipinos para hindi naman sila squatter, and we need to build factories para may trabaho,” Villar added.
The billionaire senator said farmers can grow crops even with limited land and water. She cited Israle as an example of a country that produces its own crops even if it was in the “middle of the desert.”
“Hindi kailangan ng lupa, hindi kailangan ng tubig. Ang kailangan natin technology,” said Villar.
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Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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