PH-US Trade in Agriculture Promoted in Washington DC
Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. Agriculture Attaché Dr. Josyline Javelosa (center) with visiting Kansas Corn Collegiate Academy Students and Kansas Corn representatives Emily Koop and Stacy Mayo-Martinez. (Washington PE photo)
WASHINGTON D.C. 07 August 2019 — The Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C., through the Office of the Agriculture Attaché Dr. Josyline Javelosa, held series of meetings in July 2019 aimed at promoting trade in agriculture between the Philippines and the United States.
Last 17 July 2019, Dr. Javelosa received six students from Kansas Corn Collegiate Academy wanting to learn about the Philippine corn industry with a specific focus on policy and trade.
Accompanied by East Kansas Corn Market Development Coordinator Emily Koop and Kansas Corn Director of Industry Relations Stacy Mayo-Martinez, the students had the Embassy in its iterinary that included visits to the U.S. legislature, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and meetings with industry professionals from 15-18 July 2019.
Dr. Javelosa briefed the group about the Philippines’ continuous and robust economic growth, the status of the Philippine agriculture, and her engagements in post with regard to food and agricultural trade policy, trade and investment promotion and technical cooperation. She further commended the student program, which allowed participants to examine in more depth various factors, and trends that may impact the corn industry and their future careers in the field of agribusiness.
The Philippines, as mentioned by Dr. Javelosa, is an importer of corn by-products from the US such as ethanol and distillers’ dried grains.
Following day, Dr. Javelosa also welcomed the incoming U.S. Agricultural Counselor to the Philippines Mr. Morgan Haas, who will assume his post in Manila by the end of July. Mr. Haas was joined by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service colleagues, Lead Desk Officer for South and Southeast Asia Dr. Jadon Marianetti, and Desk Officer for the Philippines Benjamin Tsui.
Dr. Javelosa received her agriculture counterpart and discussed Philippine agriculture interests in the United States. Mr. Haas, whose previous assignments covered Morocco, Tunisia and China, expressed his appreciation for the meeting and is looking forward to enhancing the Philippine-US bilateral relation in agriculture.
The governments of the Philippines and the U.S. are partners in various agricultural cooperation areas such as agbiotechnology, food safety, animal and plant health, development of commodities such as coffee, cacao and coconut, and in sustainable fisheries management.
The Philippines is the 11th largest agricultural export market of the U.S. in 2018, while the U.S. is the Philippines’ top single country of destination for its food and agricultural exports. END
Dr. Javelosa briefs visiting Kansas Corn Collegiate Academy Students about Philippine agriculture at the Embassy on 17 July 2019. (Washington PE photo)
Incoming U.S. Agricultural Counselor to the Philippines Morgan Haas (left) and Dr. Javelosa after their meeting on 18 July 2019 at the Philippine Embassy. (Washington PE photo)
Dr. Javelosa (leftmost) receives Mr. Haas (rightmost) at the Embassy on 18 July 2019. (Washington PE photo)
Dr. Javelosa hosted her agriculture counterparts with a simple Filipino lunch to introduce Mr. Haas to Filipino cuisine and food products such as the bangus (milkfish), lumpiang shanghai (spring rolls), mungbean soup, pork barbecue and a special dish of buco pancit. (Washington PE photo)
(from left) US Department of Agriculture’s Lead Desk Officer for South and Southeast Asia Dr. Jadon Marianetti, incoming US Agricultural Counselor to the Philippines Morgan Haas, Dr. Javelosa, and Desk Officer for the Philippines Benjamin Tsui. (Washington PE photo)
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