Manila, April 9 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday reiterated the need for farmers to register with the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) as the department continues dialogues with stakeholders amid the fuel crisis.

"Kailangan RSBSA registered. Tulungan na natin sila para maka-register sila. Kung miyembro sila ng farmers' cooperative, na-vouch na sila kaya pwede na natin silang i-register (They have to be RSBSA-registered. Let us help them register. If they are members of farmers' cooperatives, they have already been vouched for, so we can already have them listed)," DA Assistant Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Logistics Daniel Atayde said during a dialogue with farmers here.

Atayde explain...