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China’s food security at core of Beijing’s new 5-year rural-revitalization plan

Orange Wang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 23 05:51 PM

China is placing greater emphasis on food security and self-reliance to feed its 1.4 billion people, according to its annual blueprint for rural policies amid the pandemic, with an emphasis on utilizing new agricultural technologies.   Read more »

Gov't mulls insurance subsidy for hog raisers to boost pork supply

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 01:11 PM

Authorities are studying a proposed insurance subsidy for commercial hog raisers in a bid to boost the supply of pork, prices of which recently spiked, an official said on Tuesday.    Read more »

Metro Manila gets fresh shipment of 2,000 hogs to pull down prices

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 11:23 AM

A fresh shipment of 2,000 hogs from Mindanao has been shipped to Metro Manila to address a supply shortage of pork and bring down its prices, in line with President Rodrigo Duterte's order, Malacañang said on Wednesday.    Read more »

'Walang food security crisis,' giit ng DA sa gitna ng pork issue

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 08:04 PM

Nabawasan umano ng 24.1 percent ang imbentaryo ng mga baboy ngayong Enero kumpara noong nakalipas na taon. Read more »

Palace seeks food summit to curb prices of pork, rice

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 05:07 PM

Is another food summit necessary to curb the runaway prices of staples or could the government instead adopt a plan formulated in 2018?  Read more »

China coast guard law affects poor Filipino fishermen, food security: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 11 03:58 PM

China’s new law allowing its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels may be a domestic legislation, but it presents a threat not just to the safety of ordinary Filipino fisherfolk but also the country’s food security, an international studies professor said Thursday.    Read more »

Palace calls for 'food security summit' amid meat shortages, high vegetable prices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 11:20 PM

Malacañang is organizing a summit to address the Philippines' food problems, among them meat shortages and high vegetable prices. Read more »

Manila city government, mamamahagi ng buwanang food subsidy sa 700k pamilya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 05:22 PM

Nitong Miyerkoles, pormal na inilunsad ng pamahalaang panlungsod ng Maynila ang kanilang COVID-19 Food Security Program na layong mapagkalooban ng buwanang food subsidy ang tinatayang 700,000 pamilyang Manileño.   Read more »

Executive branch calls for Food Security Summit over fluctuating prices

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 03:59 PM

he Executive branch is calling for a Food Security Summit to address the fluctuations in the prices of some staple food items, Malacañang said on Wednesday.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 9, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 11:37 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Until stocks last

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 08:19 PM

Pork vendors sell frozen stock at Kalentong Market in Mandaluyong on Tuesday after the government enforced a price cap on their products. Read more »

Agri dept 'building up cases' vs pork price manipulators

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 06:37 PM

The agriculture department said on Monday it was "building up cases" against those who deliberately pushed up the prices of pork, which was blamed on a supposed supply shortage. Read more »

Palace urges sellers to refrain from pork holiday

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 05:06 PM

Malacañang on Monday urged sellers to refrain from mounting a pork holiday despite their reported losses over a price ceiling.    Read more »

Pork price cap to cover supermarket products: Palace

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 02:46 PM

A price cap that President Rodrigo Duterte set over pork will cover products in supermarkets, instead of just wet markets, said his spokesman Harry Roque.    Read more »

IATF orders 'unhampered' hog shipments as pork prices rise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 10:49 AM

The inter-agency task force leading the country's pandemic response has approved a recommendation for the the "unhampered passage" of hogs, a shortage of which has pushed up pork prices in Luzon, Malacañang said on Friday.  Read more »

Palace: Price cap on pork, chicken 'forthcoming'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 28 02:10 PM

A price cap that will curb the runaway cost of chicken and pork is "forthcoming", Malacañang said on Thursday, following public lament.  Read more »

Agri dept mulls tripling pork imports to raise supply

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 18 09:52 PM

The Department of Agriculture said on Monday it was studying tripling pork limits to raise its supply, following recent price spikes, as African swine fever (ASF) hits parts of the country. Read more »

Duterte keeps lower tariffs on some poultry products until 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 01:41 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order keeping reduced tariff rates on certain imported poultry products until 2022, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

Thai landfill turned into urban farm to feed poor during pandemic

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 07 08:46 PM

An urban farm developed on a former landfill site in northern Thailand boosted the food security and livelihoods of poor families during the coronavirus pandemic, and can be a model for unused spaces in other cities, urban experts said on Thursday. Read more »

Football field sa Tondo, tinaniman ng gulay sa gitna ng pandemya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 06:57 PM

Sa halip na iwang nakatiwangwang, minabuti ng St. John Bosco Parish sa Tondo, Maynila na pansamantalang taniman muna ng gulay ang malawak nilang football field bilang tugon sa pandemya. Read more »