PH agri hubs
PEOPLE get this feeling that the Philippines may finally achieve food security and win the battle against hunger, with the launching of a highly commendable project.
It is the “Reformation Initiative for Sustainable Environment (RISE)” for food security project of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Under the multi-pronged project, idle penal colony lands across the country will be transformed into booming agriculture hubs as a blueprint of achieving food security.
The first agriculture hub will be built on a 501-hectare plot of the Iwahig Penal Colony in Puerto Princesa City, said DA, which is concurrently headed by President Marcos.
Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban said the food staples to be grown there include rice, corn, cashews and assorted vegetables.
“RISE agriculture hubs will serve as important incubators of agricultural innovations…towards achieving the priority agriculture objectives of the President,” said Panganiban.
We share the view of Panganiban that the way to achieve food security and zero hunger is to modernize our farming tools and processes and boost agricultural production.
Bureau of Plant Industry Director Gerald Glenn Panganiban said idle prison lands will be transformed into booming agriculture hubs with bustling vegetable farms, rice/corn fields and dairy pastures.
RISE Project, he said, is a model to achieve the noble goal of zero hunger set by President Marcos.
