| La
Union holds food summit
Governor
Manuel C. Ortega will led the Provincial Food Summit, even
as the government stresses that in La Union, as in the rest
of the provinces of the country, there is no food or rice
crisis, but rather a problem of soaring prices that the government
is addressing.
The summit was called to help participants better understand
and appreciate the current food security issues, government’s
initiatives and craft a comprehensive Food Security Blueprint
for the province of La Union to ensure food is abundant, accessible
and affordable in the province for the coming years.
Provincial
Agriculturist Avelino A. Lomboy, the lead organizer of the
food summit at the Provincial Capitol in San Fernando City
said, that members of the La Union Provincial Board; City
and Municipal Mayors; regional; provincial and local agricultural
and fishery field units; representatives of irrigators, farmers,
fisheries, seed growers associations; lending institutions;
consumer groups; business sector; concerned government agencies
and other stakeholders actively took part in the summit.
Governor
Ortega as the keynote speaker at the gathering unveiled the
fresh initiatives of the provincial government to help boost
rice and food production in La Union.
The
major objective of the summit was to harness multisectoral
support to enable the province and the entire country weather
the looming global challenges to its food security, amid contracting
supplies and rocketing prices of staples like rice, corn and
wheat in the world market.
Earlier,
a National Food Summit was held in Pampanga where President
Arroyo launched a P43.7Billion food security program called
FIELDS to enable the country weather the soaring global rice
prices and ensure national food security.
The
rice supply crunch and escalating food prices is a worldwide
phenomena because of global warming and climate change.
The
government is doing its best to weather the situation as it
continues to initiate reforms and various interventions to
ensure a stable food supply at affordable prices for all Filipino.
(Renee F. De Guzman/PIA La Union)
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