1200px-SAP_2011_logo.svg Digitalizing is key to Southeast Asia's food future to address issues of security and wastage, according to an enterprise application software provider. During the virtual briefing "A Growing ASEAN, A Hungry Population: Building Resilient and Sustainable Food Supply...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso promised to ensure the passage of the National Land Use Act (NLUA) during a dialogue with farmers in Calauan, Laguna on Friday, Nov. 19. The NLUA, which has been pending in congress for over 30 years, aims to create a national land-use authority...
Presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Monday, Nov. 15 said he will allocate more resources to improve the country's food security if he gets elected as president in the upcoming May 2022 elections. PHOTO COURTESY OF IM MEDIA/ MANILA BULLETIN Domagoso, along with...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is seeking to help ensure food security and address malnutrition in the country through its research and development (R&D initiatives. DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña said Tuesday, Oct. 19, that...
Vice President Leni Robredo wants her feeding program to target problems in food security and poverty alleviation as these are linked to malnutrition and mental deficiencies among children aged five and below. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Robredo said that hunger and food security have always...
Planning a local food security action in every local government unit is important to ensure that no people will go hungry. This was what Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte of one of the country's largest cities learned during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. During a panel discussion held by the United...
Food security group Tugon Kabuhayan joined the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in recognizing the late President Noynoy Aquino administration’s policies and programs that contributed towards the achievement of national food security. In a...
The National Soil Health Program (NSHP), which intends to rejuvenate the country’s degraded and “sick” soil, has received the green light from President Duterte, the Department of Agriculture (DA) bared Wednesday, June 9. (Photo courtesy of DA) The NSHP will be implemented by the DA through...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Food security has become an imperative goal in our pandemic times. It is underscored in one of the two themes of the quincentennial of the coming of Christianity in the Philippines – “humanity” or compassion of our ancestors in saving the sick, starving,...
The Philippine government has seized P100-million worth of smuggled food products coming from countries such as China and Germany. This is despite the country’s existing ban on pork and poultry products coming from China, and on imported pork coming from Germany. Photo from the Department of...
The impending implementation of the so-called "Mandanas-Garcia ruling" will result to the rollout of more agriculture and fishery programs at the local government unit (LGU) level, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. (Photo courtesy of DA) DA Secretary William Dar said that through the ruling,...
There is a need for food systems to be "fair, healthy, and environment friendly," civil society organizations from across Asia and Europe said. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) During the webinar dubbed, "Tech to Fork: Resisting the Neoliberal Domination in Agriculture amid COVID...
