Cebu City Councilor Philip Zafra is planning to propose an ordinance that would encourage agricultural development in the city.
Zafra said that the coronavirus pandemic has showed that Cebu City is not secured with its food supply, relying on imports from the province and other regions for commodities.
Even urban areas can become agricultural spaces through vertical farming and households can grow their own food, he added. The councilor has been checking the undeveloped lands in the mountain barangays and he realized that these could be useful to boost the agriculture sector of the city that has not been intensely developed since its industrialization.
“Nakigmeeting ko sa mga tawo ngadot sa bukid, akong gicheck naa paman gyoy supply sa tubig. Kung ato ni pangusgan, di na gyod ta maproblema sa pagkaon,” he said
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