increased from a little over 600 kilos to close to 1,900 kilos. So that's roughly about 1.9. Is it 1.9 tons per hectare? Can you -- I cannot hear.

THE CHAIRPERSON (MR. SHIV KHARE):

It will be quintels, hundred quinties make one quintel. Hundred quinties make one ton. So that is the ratio. So this will be 18 point some quintels, it's not tons.

HON. MARGARITO B. TEVES (PHILLIPINES):

What is the equivalent of that in metric tons?

THE CHAIRPERSON (MR. SHIV KHARE):

Point zero one eight (.018) tons.

HON. MARGARITO B. TEVES (PHILLIPINES):

Per hectare?

THE CHAIRPERSON (MR. SHIV KHARE):

Yes, I don't know what will be...

HON. MARGARITO B. TEVES (PHILLIPINES):

Yes, I'd like clarification on the 2.5010 allocated to agriculture ... maybe just for clarity and the terms of reference. Does this include a) Investment in infrastructure supporting agriculture like road, farm-to-market roads, irrigation, post-harvest facilities; and b) is this exclusively national government without the support form the local government?

THE CHAIRPERSON (MR. SHIV KHARE):

Sir, I'd like to mention that this is the investment which is being made at the central level. We have got the investment at the central level and then the state level. So the central level is 2.5010 of the gross national budget at the national level. But what is more important is that the farmer is investing his own money. See, they are only supporting some infrastructure development, some schemes, some pilot projects, some training activities, extension activities, but the farmer on his own is investing a lot, and that is where this credit thing -- I've mentioned that he's taking the loan from the bank -- they're putting it in the field, plus his own money also. So there is lot of investment other than the government sector. I will say that the government sector is negligible compared to what the farmer is investing on his own in the agriculture sector.

Just to supplement. Actually, the farmer does the farming and the government only pro-vides some loan if needed. So the farmer buys the seed. The farmer tills the land and the farmer produces, so the majority of investment belongs to him. This 2.5010 is more or less for rural development of seeds, education and agriculture colleges and other agriculture