Instead of an irreconcilable conflict between farmers/fisherfolk and government, common ground was forged at the National Food Security Summit (NFSS) on May 18-19. Furthermore, from May 31 to June 2, follow up top-level public-private meetings were conducted for the four major agriculture banner programs and cross-cutting issues. We quote today from the NFSS synthesis delivered at the Summit’s closing by chair Emil Javier of the Coalition for Agriculture Modernization in the Philippines.

Ordoñez, E. M. (2021, June 5). Farmers, fisherfolk achieve common ground with gov't. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A13.