Tag: food staple

On food security: All food staples, not only rice, are priority—DA

QUEZON CITY, July 22 – The  production and consumption of other food staples that are eaten in combination with rice is also a priority of the Aquino administration, aside from increasing rice production to achieve food security, the Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. Under its Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP), the DA has equally focused on increased productivity for white corn, cassava, sweet potato (camote), adlai and plantain (saba banana), thereby improving access of Filipinos […]