AreaPhilippines

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date01/03/2022

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction support, government procurement,

DescriptionApproved a set of measures to allay the impact of global economic challenges and the Russian Federation-Ukraine crisis on the country's food security. Among others, these would include providing additional funds to implement the second phase of the Ahon Lahat, Pagkaing Sapat Kontra COVID-19 Programme (ALPAS or "Plant, Plant, Plant Part 2"), the provision of concessional loans to local government units to purchase paddy and maintain buffer stocks of rice, and improving water management and crop scheduling by transferring oversight of the National Irrigation Authority to the Department of Agriculture.