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Food security task force to monitor supply, prices during emergency
Business World Philippines
|April 06, 2026
‘THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it established a food security task force to monitor supply and price disruptions during the energy emergency.
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Agriculture Secretary Francisco P, Tiu Laurel, Jr. said in a statement that the task force institutionalizes what had previously been an ad hoc monitoring system within the agency.
This story is from the April 06, 2026 edition of Business World Philippines.
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