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Senator Bong Go, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to strengthen government support for agricultural workers to help ensure food security in the country while also expressing his support to the current efforts of the department as well […]
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte presented the city’s efforts to promote healthy food in schools and communities during the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) China and the Chinese Government’s Healthy Food City Forum in Chengdu recently. Among the strategies that Belmonte shared were the reconstitution of the Quezon City Nutrition Committee, implementation of the Philippines’ […]
Amid President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.’s directive to set price ceilings on rice nationwide, AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee renewed his call to implement long-lasting government interventions to alleviate rising rice prices. Under Executive Order No. 39 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Aug. 31, President Marcos approved imposing a price cap at […]
Affordable, stable rice prices are possible if the government is willing to invest to ensure the food security of our country. This according to AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee who filed a bill to establish a program that will provide subsidies intended to lower rice prices while encouraging farmers to produce more rice. “Sa […]
Lawmakers led by Davao City First Congressional District Representative Paolo Duterte have proposed the construction of postharvest facilities in every palay-producing city and municipality in the country to help raise farmers’ incomes and lower rice prices. Duterte said the construction of these postharvest facilities could begin with building a rice mill and a warehouse in […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Friday said the Philippines should focus on improving rice self-sufficiency as he warned against being overly dependent on rice imports. “While we thank Vietnam for the assurance that there will be a steady supply of rice to the Philippines, the export policies of other nations are beyond our […]
The country should start weaning its dependence on imported rice and reduce the risk of food insecurity by establishing rice production zones (RPZs) and inundating it with government support and attention. Senate President Migz Zubiri said he made this proposal to no less than President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during the dinner hosted by the Chief […]
The Provincial Government of Davao de Oro, led by Governor Dorothy Montejo-Gonzaga, joined the simultaneous launching of KADIWA ng Pangulo activity, a marketing strategy of the government which seeks to provide consumers with access to quality and safe food items, while ensuring farm producers have a ready market. Various farmers’ associations of the province have […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), in the Post State of the Nation Address (SONA) Discussions, laid out efforts it has taken in the last year to address food security. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan reported the milestones achievements of the Department in supporting the efforts of the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. […]
The government must aggressively address factors contributing to food inflation or it will be unable to hit its 2.9% inflation target in 2024. This was stressed by AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee, who on Tuesday said that with food and non-alcoholic beverages being the top group contributing to the June 2023 inflation of 5.4%, […]