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Agriculture, anyone?

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October 14, 2025

Hardly anybody in the country has been investing in agriculture, says tycoon Isidro “Sid” Consunji during the 57th Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) Conference.

- IRIS GONZALES

Sad but true. Some of the country’s biggest conglomerates don’t have investments in agriculture, with the exception of a few groups that have agriculture-related ventures — the MVP Group, San Miguel Corp. and Universal Robina Corp.

And more often than not, the only times agriculture makes the headlines are when typhoons devastate our crops or, as we're seeing recently, when farm-to-market roads are corrupted with impunity, just like flood control projects.

Investing in agriculture isn’t popular perhaps because it’s not as lucrative as say power, telcos or retail.

But it’s one way to help the country move forward because the sector is where a lot of Filipinos are really poor, says Consunji, chairman, president and CEO of DMCI Holdings Inc.

In his speech, “Leading the way in rural community building,” Consunji shares that agriculture is his next big venture.

As such, he is now putting on a farmer's hat. Sort of. I say sort of because I don’t imagine Sid breaking his back, sunbaked under the noonday sun, toiling in hectares of plantation, as a farmer would. Although the allure of that might catch up with him, too.

I know some retired uncles and aunts who actually found joy in farming after living hectic corporate lives.

In any case, I imagine Sid more on the business aspect — growing an agriculture venture, as he did with other businesses. He will make it profitable and in the process, unlock the value of the land and help in rural development.

“As I step back from active management in DMCI, I’m about to retire, I’ve been spending more and more time on our family’s agriculture ventures,” he said.

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