Philippines

The Philippines may have to revamp its four-year plan to mechanize its post-harvest facilities due to financial constraints, GMA News says. The government was only able to raise 50 percent of the 12 billion Philippine pesos (USD257 million) needed for the plan, according to the Philippine Center for Post-Harvest Development and Mechanization. Officials of the center are looking at loans from European institutions to plug the funding gap, GMA News adds.