By Prince Golez
Malacañang is calling for a Food Security Summit to improve agricultural productivity and incomes through the collaboration of local government units (LGUs), the private sector, and other relevant stakeholders.
The Department of Agriculture was tasked to convene a Summit, which intends to respond to issues relating to the food sector, Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement Wednesday.
Roque said the dialogues
aim to discuss mitigation measures on current issues affecting the agriculture sector, namely the surge in the retail prices of pork, plunging farmgate price of palay, and the onslaught of the African Swine Flu, among others.
“It further seeks to present some models for agribusiness value-chain approach, LGU-led agri-fishery extension system, and strengthening the role and capacities of local price coordinating councils and regional development councils,” according to him.
The Food Security Summit, he added, will develop a National Food Security Plan to achieve the country’s vision of a “food-secure and resilient” Philippines.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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