Metro Pacific is not just in infrastructures like tollways but has ventured into agribusiness by partnering with Carmen’s Best Group of Bay, Laguna to help the country attain sufficiency in dairy. Carmen’s Best is noted for its pricey but premium ice creams.

Metro Pacific buys 51% of Carmen’s Best

Whenever the Department of Agriculture wants to resort to importation, it cites only one reason: fish supply shortfall because of damaged bancas from typhoons and other calamities.

 Fish shortage?

Members of militant fishers' group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA), 

NO TO FISH IMPORTS

Consumers of Libertad public market in Pasay City are more fortunate to have lower priced pork at P380 per kilo, 

LOWER PORK PRICES AT LIBERTAD

When most other markets and talipapa in the country are hard up getting vegetables to sell, Libertad Public market in Pasay City has plenty of them and prices have gone back to normal. But what is normal really? 

VEGGIES APLENTY IN PASAY

Costlier but lower quality feeds would lead to lower chicken output in the coming months thereby aggravating food security in Luzon. The problem of good quality animal feeds is due to the ongoing war by Russia in Ukraine.

Lower chicken output seen

SLUGGISH CHICKEN SALE 

Saddled with shortages from production, supply chain, marketing, irrigation and prices (of farm inputs, retail and farmgate) all of which lead to spiking food inflation, the agriculture sector needs a magician and “miracle worker” to save the sector from its looming demise.

Saving agriculture  

Incoming President Marcos Jr., in assuming the agriculture portfolio, should focus on retrofitting irrigation facilities to boost holding capacities.

More investments urged for irrigation

Huge stocks of yellowfin tuna are being sold at the Libertad public market in Pasay City today. 

BOUNTIFUL YELLOWFIN TUNA

More investments urged for irrigation photo BusinessWorld

Metro Pacific buys 51% of Carmen’s Best photo World Travel

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