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The government must aggressively address factors contributing to food inflation or it will be unable to hit its 2.9% inflation target in 2024. This was stressed by AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee, who on Tuesday said that with food and non-alcoholic beverages being the top group contributing to the June 2023 inflation of 5.4%, […]
As the country commemorates National Nutrition Month, AnaKalusugan Partylist Rep. Ray Reyes said they will continue to push House Bill No. 2189, or the Zero Hunger bill, to ensure food security in the country. “Malnutrition remains a serious problem in our country, and it is our duty to address, not just hunger incidence, but also […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) assured that there is enough supply of rice to provide for the daily food requirement of Filipinos as the country enters the 3rd quarter of the year. According to Undersecretary Leo Sebastian, who heads the DA’s Masagana Rice Industry Program (MRIP), a bountiful harvest for the January – June rice […]
AGRI Party-List Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Wednesday urged for the speedy passage of House Bill 1299, or the Right to Adequate Food Act, as he called for the strict implementation of the food and security roadmap for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to aid in the continued decline of poverty incidence […]
“Kung kaya nang taasan ang cash grant, huwag na nating patagalin pa.” This is what AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged his colleagues in the House of Representatives, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the lead agency of the National Advisory Council (NAC), amid […]
Department of Agriculture (DA) Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban acknowledged the vital role of the National Crop Protection Center (NCPC) as one of the DA’s partners in attaining national food security during the 47th Founding Anniversary celebration of the institution recently. “As always, the continued development of the NCPC’s expertise in theoretical and applied scientific knowledge […]
In line with the food security agenda of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the Department of Agriculture (DA) is partnering with the private sector to pursue food production initiatives on a larger scale. In a shared pursuit towards the development of more urban agriculture areas in the Philippines, DA signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with […]
The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. continues to promote the direct marketing platform designed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) that provides consumers access to quality and safe food items, while ensuring farm producers have a ready market. The Kadiwa ng Pangulo (KNP) is a spill-over of the DA’s marketing strategy dubbed Kadiwa ng […]
In line with the directive of President and concurrent Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to address hunger and make nutritious food available for every Filipino, the DA spearheads this year’s celebration of the Filipino Food Month (FFM)— also called Buwan ng Kalutong Pilipino —in collaboration with the Philippine Culinary Heritage Movement (PCHM), […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee filed a measure which seeks to strengthen local government participation in agriculture development by institutionalizing a minimum of ten percent (10%) allocation from their National Tax Allotment (NTA) for the implementation of programs, activities and services for agriculture and fisheries. In filing House Bill No. 7597 or the “Local […]