Why PH must diversify diets amid El Niño and global shocks

The Philippines’ food security challenge is climatic, geopolitical and governance-related. Super El Niño reduces rice yields, global conflicts drive oil prices upward, and governance failures magnify these vulnerabilities. The old paradigm of cheap imports is untenable. Without governance reform — transparent resource allocation, buffer stock systems and dietary diversification — the Philippines will remain trapped

By Dennis Maliwanag