Atienza seeks help of agri engineers

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Jose L. Atienza Jr. has urged the country’s agricultural engineers to help solve the problem of climate change.

Atienza issued the call in a symposium held in line with the celebration of Agricultural Engineering Week by the Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers (PSAE) at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).

In a written message for the symposium, Atienza referred to current debates on the allocation of agricultural land for the production of food and crops for biofuel. “The competence of agricultural engineers in this aspect is most needed especially in the decision and appropriate solutions of efficient use of scarce land under various oil types,” he said.  – Benny Enriquez