Underrated crisis in agriculture and fisheries
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Year after year — in fact, government after government — we get piecemeal revelations about our dismal food production. Agriculture and fisheries consistently contribute a measly part of our gross domestic product. And productivity in fisheries, except for the time when Malcolm Sarmiento was director of the Bureau of Fisheries, has been anemic, or in decline. Poverty incidence is highest among the people who produce our food; and incredibly, so is involuntary hunger.
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Abesamis, T. S. (2019, April 24). Underrated crisis in agriculture and fisheries. BusinessWorld, p. S1/6.
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