DAVAO CITY, February 22 (PIA) – “Mindanao is still in the catch-up mode as compared to how Luzon has been moving and developing. Our infrastructure is still an unfinished agenda in Mindanao. Linking growth corridors with transport and logistics network still need to be pushed”, Mindanao Development Authority Deputy Executive Director Asec. Romeo Montenegro said in the One Davao Virtual Presser. The MinDA official shared the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data that Mindanao, despite being the source of 43% of the country’s total farm produce and the home of 36% of the country’s farm area, is still host to 9 out of 10 poorest provinces in the country. Montenegro highlighted that many parts of Mindanao, especially in the Bangsamoro Region, do not have the necessary logistics support and infrastructure. “Most of our export products come from the Bangsamoro Region. Unfortunately, there is no processing center in most of these areas that’s why the products need to be transported to Da