Tag: food security
As rice shortage looms, farmers remain unaided
Expect low rice harvest and high prices as usual this Christmas. The Philippines must import 2.9 million tons – 58 million sacks.
Manila archdiocese’s ecology ministry stands against ‘commercialization’ of ‘golden rice’
The Department of Agriculture earlier announced that it will start massive production of “golden rice" seeds in vitamin A-deficient provinces
Southeast Asian MPs urge ASEAN economic ministers to immediately tackle food...
“It is necessary to put in place a coordinated effort to protect the most vulnerable from a potentially devastating economic downturn”
Global food crisis ‘will kill millions’ by disease, health executive warns
The knock-on effects of the food shortages mean many will die not only of starvation but from having weaker defenses against diseases
Okay, city boys, start planting, raising fish
Good idea. A city boy planting rice in his living room would take a hundred days to harvest.
Famine and starvation to come from Putin’s war
The crises will grow worse and we can expect hardship ahead with more belt-tightening
North Koreans, already hungry, now short of cooking oil
North Korea needs external food aid to meet its basic needs, according to a report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Philippines approves commercial use of genetically engineered rice
Golden Rice will be initially deployed in areas with high prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency by the third quarter of 2022
Pope Francis to UN chief: World hunger ‘a crime that violates...
In a July 26 message to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the pope called for a “new mindset” in the battle against malnutrition
Investing in nutrition can eradicate ‘silent pandemic’ affecting Filipinos – World...
A World Bank study says about 30 percent of Filipino children under 5 years of age are stunted