Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 11) Food production made possible by players in the agriculture and fisheries sector is just as significant as the war the country is facing against COVID-19, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 11) — Food production made possible by players in the agriculture and fisheries sector is just as significant as the war the country is facing against COVID-19, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.
“We are heartened that during the 21st teleconference of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), we approved ‘that all agriculture and [fisheries contributors] must be considered frontliners, and their movements shall remain unhampered,'” DA Secretary William Dar said in a statement Saturday.
“Indeed, now more than ever, our food security frontliners farmers, fishers, and other workers in the food value chain will play a crucial part in our fight against COVID-19,” he added.
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