Is the Philippines capable of meeting its own need for fish and seafood? Atty. Asis Perez, former Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Director, said yes. Perez spoke at the Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food, Inc. (PCAFI) roundtable on August 5, 2022 as a representative of the...
The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food, Inc. (PCAFI) held its first kapihan last July 8, 2022, the first of a regular series where industry practitioners, the government, media, and with its new hybrid setup, the public can discuss the challenges and possible solutions faced by the...
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns necessary to halt its spread has laid bare the lack of support in various sectors of society. This was most evident in marginalized sectors, particularly the urban poor. Because of this, a group of concerned citizens, including food justice...
When you ask a Filipino what they want to do after they retire, there’s a huge chance that they’ll say that they want to live on a farm. This is what Philippine Air Force Brigadier General Rolando Jungco did when he retired in 2019 after serving 38 years in the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
Greenhouse gases from cars and factories are some of the main factors that contribute to global warming. But there’s another source of emission that’s not given enough attention but is equally important: food waste. Around one-third of food produced around the world goes to waste. The...
Food insecurity continues to be a pressing issue in the Philippines. According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about 59 million Filipinos are food-insecure today. This means about half of the country’s population is suffering from a moderate to severe lack of...
Jonjon Sarmiento, aka Farmer Jon, is a sustainable agriculture advocate, a community organizer, and a climate crisis activist. He is also the man behind Kuatro MariaS’ Agroecology Farm in Oriental Mindoro. The farm is named after his four daughters and the four elements, with the capital “S”...
According to the National Mobile Survey of the Social Weather Station, their survey shows that 20.9 percent, or around 30 million Filipinos of whom are mostly children, are experiencing involuntary hunger due to lack of food. Seeing as how dire the problem with hunger is in the Philippines,...
CHANGSHA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of organ failure at 91 on Saturday. The top rice scientist passed away in a hospital in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, at about 1...
During the previous year, the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been felt by people globally. In the Philippines, the community quarantine in the world has been imposed. Although the quarantine has been placed for the benefit of the people, it has also provided new challenges that...
Food is one of the basic needs that sustain people. The lack of it could cause adverse health effects such as malnutrition, one of the leading problems that affect Filipinos today. According to the World Health Organization, malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses, or imbalances in a...
The Department of Agriculture (DA-7) has urged the various local government units (LGUs) in Central Visayas to revisit, update and craft their respective localized Food Security Plan (FSP) to address food accessibility and availability in local communities in a DA-LGU Harmonization of Agricultural...
