Strategic actions to rapidly ensure food security and rural growth in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Tolentino, V. Bruce J., David, Cristina C., Balisacan, Arsenio M., Intal, Ponciano S., Jr.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2004
• Subjects: Food security—Philippines; Poverty—Philippines—Prevention; Philippines—Economic conditions—1986-; Food Security
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/7494; https://aer.ph/strategic-actions-to-rapidly-ensure-food-security-and-rural-growth-in-the-philippines/
• Institution: De La Salle University

Outlined in this paper is a strategy whose successful implementationpromises to secure not only adequate, cheaper food supplies, increasedrural employment and incomes and reduced poverty for all, but alsorapid and sustainable advances in urban and economy-wide growth. Foodsecurity means ensuring that food is affordable for all householdsparticularly the poor urban and rural households – that householdincomes are sufficient to purchase adequate food at reasonable prices.