C. Luzon gets most funding as DA takes over farm-to-market roads

Central Luzon, the country’s rice granary that contributed the largest agricultural output in 2024, will get the lion’s share of the P33.9-billion budget for the construction and repair of farm-to-market roads (FMRs), which would be primarily under the Department of Agriculture (DA) for the first time in the proposed 2026 national budget. According to the