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DA's call for unified action vs hunger, poverty by 2030 gains high-level backing

Published Jul 15, 2021 06:23 pm

Various leaders from the sectors of agriculture and fishery, Philippine and United Nations (UN) developmental organizations, and government agencies have committed to support the Department of Agriculture's (DA) call for a unified action to transform Philippine food systems and end hunger and poverty by 2030.

(Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture)

During the recently-concluded Philippine National Food Systems Dialogue (NFSD)1, DA Secretary William Dar underscored the need for a "whole-of-society approach to drive transformative change and build healthy, sustainable, technology-based and inclusive food systems in the Philippines.”

“Food system is not merely confined to production, but also covers a complex web of activities. This requires synergy among sectors to transform the country’s food systems to attain the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) nine years from now,” Dar said.

In the past two months, 18 independent dialogues led by the private sector and 12 subnational dialogues by national government agencies were conducted ahead of the two-day national meet to consolidate the results.

DA Assistant Secretary Agnes Catherine Miranda, vice-chair of the Philippine NFSD steering committee, said the national dialogue "will awaken the world with the fact that we all must work together to transform the way the world produces, consumes, and thinks about food."

Part of the dialogue’s output is the DA’s draft statement on the Philippines’ pathways for the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), reiterating the country’s commitment to achieve SDG 1 (end poverty) and SDG 2 (zero hunger) by 2030.

Among the country's recommendations include the goal to not only continue research and development but adapt it to local conditions and realities; adopt finance-based forecasting or early warning systems to act early when there is a crisis; institutionalize disaster risk reduction and management at all levels and establish climate information service; and invest in sound infrastructure.

Among the top government officials who committed to support the DA’s initiatives to transform the country’s food systems were Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, Science and Technology Secertary Fortunato de la Peña, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Education Secretary Leonor Briones, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr, National Defence Chief Delfin Lorenzana, Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Bautista, and Cabinet Secretary and chair of Inter-agency Task Force on Zero Hunger Karlo Alexei Nograles.

Also backing the initiative were heads of Philippine and UN organizations, namely: Climate Change Commission Executive Director Emmanuel De Guzman, National Economic Development Authority Undersecretary Mercedita Sombilla, Agrarian Reform Undersecretary Emily Padilla, Environmental Management Bureau Director William Cuñado, Yayu Javier of UN Global Compact Network Philippines, and Abigail Kitma of UN Youth Advisory Board.

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