Here’s an extra-special way of looking at the extraordinary achievements of a Filipino leader in the midst of adversities.
For 2020, PH Secretary of Agriculture William Dar has just been voted Asia CEO Awards 2020 Lifetime Contributor (Public Sector). An honor we Filipinos can’t refuse!
I look at it this way – Mr Dar has in the worst of times excelled in 5 Ex’s:
(1) Exploring
the frontiers of a country whose people thought it was still 3rdWorld when it is now 2nd World, no longer under-developed but a country with untapped potentials for greater progress.
(2) Examining
the strengths and weaknesses of Agriculture in Theory versus Practice in these islands of half-awake peasants;
(3) Extemporizing
most things into “The New Thinking for Agriculture” for people in the villages to move out of poverty into prosperity;
(4) Extrapolating
what he learned into what could and should be done, into 8 paradigms of agricultural growth for inclusive national development – Modernization, Industrialization, Promotion of exports, Consolidation of small- and medium-sized farms, Infrastructure development, Higher budget & investment, Legislative support, and Roadmap development.
(5) Expediting
paradigmatic developments by inspiring individuals and institutions to move the country forward beyond the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.
Expectations are high. Mr Dar’s experience has proven he is Team Captain Par Excellence. As Director General, he led ICRISAT 2000-2014 from dead last to foremost among 15 international centers of the CGIAR Group based in France.
From the press release of the Department of Agriculture, DA, the Board of Judges of Asia CEO Awards 2020 is one “(in recognizing) leaders for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the country as a whole.” Richard Mills, Chair of the Board, says Mr Dar is “cited for his leadership and unwavering efforts to transform Philippine agriculture into a dynamic high-growth sector.”
In summary, Mr Mills says:
William Dar is a global leader in agriculture governance and research. As current Secretary of Agriculture, he is leading efforts to transform Philippine agriculture into a dynamic high-growth sector to speed up the country's recovery and poverty reduction.
Speedy growth recovery and poverty reduction – 2 Big Deals! Inspired, see Mr Dar smiling – he is doing what possibly can be done and knows it.
Mr Mills also says:
The Asia CEO Awards 2020 Board of Judges also put premium in Dar’s initiative in making the Department of Agriculture transparent and (thereby) "erase the old-stricken image of a corrupt-driven department.”
Also, I happen to know that, as Caesar’s wife must be, Betty Dar is beyond reproach.
The board of judges included noted economist Bernie Villegas; former Pag-IBIG Fund CEO Darlene Berberabe; former president of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Don Felbaum; world-renowned architectural design and planning expert Jun Palafox; former Management Association of the Philippines President Marife Zamora; and Richard Mills, former president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines.
I see each of the members of the Asia CEO Awards 2020 board of judges as beyond reproach!@517
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