A lawmaker is pushing for the immediate passage of a bill institutionalizing the Kadiwa as the government arm that will buy directly from agricultural workers.
In filing House Bill 5601, Bataan Rep. Geraldine Roman said expanding the scope of the Kadiwa store project will be good for farmers and consumers.
“What we experienced during the pandemic should be a lesson learned in terms of logistics and supply chain planning,” Roman said as she pushes for the swift passage of House Bill 5601 or the Magna Carta for Agricultural Workers and Revitalized Agriculture Value Chain of 2022. “We need to transform agriculture into a sustainable and diversified sector to ensure economic recovery, reduction of poverty, and food security,” Roman said, adding that “without agriculture, there is no food. Agriculture is both production and price.”
“The Philippines was an agricultural country which had its growth years in the late 60s to early 70s. The last time we were able to attain an agricultural surplus was in 1993. By then, the Philippines joined the World Trade Organization . The promises were agriculture will flourish and about 500,000 new jobs per year will be generated.”
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