Tag: food security

Expect low rice harvest and high prices as usual this Christmas. The Philippines must import 2.9 million tons – 58 million sacks.

The Department of Agriculture earlier announced that it will start massive production of “golden rice" seeds in vitamin A-deficient provinces

“It is necessary to put in place a coordinated effort to protect the most vulnerable from a potentially devastating economic downturn”

The knock-on effects of the food shortages mean many will die not only of starvation but from having weaker defenses against diseases

Good idea. A city boy planting rice in his living room would take a hundred days to harvest.

The crises will grow worse and we can expect hardship ahead with more belt-tightening

North Korea needs external food aid to meet its basic needs, according to a report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization

Golden Rice will be initially deployed in areas with high prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency by the third quarter of 2022

In a July 26 message to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the pope called for a “new mindset” in the battle against malnutrition

A World Bank study says about 30 percent of Filipino children under 5 years of age are stunted