BATTING FOR DEVELOPMENT FROM THE GRASSROOTS

01 July 2005


National Economic and Development Authority Director General ROMULO L. NERI (inset) speaks before government officials and representatives of cooperatives and nongovernment organizations during the Product Development Summit held at the Provincial Capitol, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental. The NEDA chief encouraged the efforts done by the provincial government in uplifting the incomes and productivity of its people through the summit, which brought together buyers and sellers of Misamis Oriental's main produce-bananas, corn, cassava, tilapia and abaca. The also stressed the need for unity between and among its people, the local government and the national government in harnessing productivity for total and sustainable development.