The Department of Agriculture (DA) has supported the National Price Coordinating Council’s (NPCC) resolution calling for the declaration of a food security emergency in response to soaring rice prices.

DA supports emergency food security declaration

Former secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Benhur Abalos has called for comprehensive support for farmers, emphasizing the need for expanded crop and financial insurance, during the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas press briefing here Saturday.

Abalos bats for farmer support, food security 

The Philippines has the third worst incidence of moderate to severe food insecurity in Southeast Asia at 51 million, followed by strife-torn Myanmar at 17.4 million, Indonesia at 13.6 million and Vietnam at 10.6 million, based on the latest report of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

PH has 3rd worst incidence of severe food insecurity

Nagkaroon ng pulong ang mga livestock inspectors ng iba't ibang bayan sa lalawigan ng Quezon sa OPV Conference Hall, Brgy. Talipan, Pagbilao, noong Marso 6.

Livestock inspectors, nagpulong sa Pagbilao

Local officials in Eastern Samar have assured aid for hog farmers who were affected by the prevalence of African swine fever (ASF) in Borongan City.

Aid for ASF-affected farmers in Borongan

Desperate maladies require desperate remedies, indeed.

Gov't declares 'food emergency'

With a record importation of 4.78 million metric tons of rice last year, it would not be surprising at all, that P34 -billion tariff was collected from the legal and legit arrivals of the grains.

2024 rice tariff hits P34-B

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman and Albay Representative Joey Salceda stated that it is up to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to decide whether to veto certain provisions of the proposed amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL).

PBBM to decide on rice tariffication

As part of preventive measures against the spread of African swine fever (ASF), the provincial government of Northern Samar has prohibited the movement of live pigs and pork products in three towns in three towns in the province.

N. Samar restricts pork products in 3 towns

Since the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 to 2022, nearly 50.9 million – or 44.7 percent – Filipinos faced moderate to severe food insecurity, said the UN's latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report published at the Manila Standard.

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