Tag: food security

USE CLIMATE-ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES IN ADDRESSING FOOD SECURITY – AGRI PARTY-LIST

Post author By Cindy Villarica
Post date August 24, 2018
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A party-list representing the agriculture sector said that government must institutionalize measures that will mitigate the effects of climate change. With damage to agriculture steadily rising with the onset of rain, AGRI Party-list Secretary General Benjie Martinez said that unless climate-adaptive strategies are employed, efforts to ensure food security will be hampered. According to the […]

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Politics

FRESHWATER FISH FARMERS NEED GOVERNMENT AID – VILLAR

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date August 20, 2018
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Senator Cynthia Villar has stressed the urgent need for government to do so much more to improve the country’s aquaculture sector and boost the production and income of fresh water fish farmers. Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, noted that the volume of total fisheries production went down to around 1 […]

Tags aquaculture, fish farming, food security, Senator Villar, Support