If elected president, Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso said he intends to showcase the island province of Guimaras as a template for food sufficiency so that the other provinces will be able to replicate its achievements. Speaking to reporters following his courtesy call on Guimaras Gov. Samuel Gumarin at the provincial […]
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The provincial government of Surigao del Norte aims to secure enough food supply for its residents amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, Governor Francisco Matugas said.Matugas led the first leg of the implementation of the “Pagkaon Surigaonon Palamboon Program” (PSPP) or Develop the Food Sources from Surigao program held in the town of Dapa […]
Urban agriculture is a viable intervention to make poor households and communities healthier and more food sufficient, Senator Cynthia Villar said. Villar, who is the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, notes how the spiraling prices of food and other commodities have made life more difficult for families in poor urban communities. […]