Agriculture secretary William Dar said the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerabilities of the country’s current systems, particularly distorting the food supply chain and global trade.
“Therefore, it is imperative for government to rethink and restructure its policies and practices to prevent from being overwhelmed by future crisis,” Dar said.
“First, we must simply surpass this global crisis. Then, under the 'whole of nation approach,' we should build our own resilience not only to threats like COVID-19, but also to emerging challenges like climate change,” he added.
Dar said that after this pandemic, it is no longer going to be business as usual for the Department of Agriculture (DA) whose core focus is to help the farm sector “survive, reboot and grow.
This story is from the May 2, 2020 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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