NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 13 November) — With the fading virulence of the COVID-19 and the economy finally opened after a hiatus of some two years, the nation expected, too, a fad…
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental — With the fading virulence of the COVID-19 and the economy finally opened after a hiatus of some two years, the nation expected, too, a fading bout with food insecurity. But no, Russia’s aggression war on Ukraine has reeled the country, if not whole world, from a damning energy crisis.
At no time has the Filipino people suffered this much from an aggregate of disastrous events. We are, thus, facing a looming food crisis never before experienced after WW II.According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, poverty incidence in the Philippines rose to 18.1 percent in 2021, equivalent to 19.99 million poor Filipinos.
Indeed, the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations in the second quarter of 2022 says that 12.2 million Filipino families consider themselves poor in terms of food. They have no access to food sources, or the opportunity to consume an adequate quality or sufficient quantity of food in socially acceptable ways for economic and other reasons.In Metro Manila, many scavenge the trash of restaurants, especially in fast food establishments. The food items in the trash are then segregated from the rest, washed and recooked and become the family meals. Many survive this way, how hazardous to one’s health it may be.
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