Poe pushes urgent aid for farmers, fishers amid rising costs, food risks

QUEZON CITY, Philippines — Rep. Brian Poe of the FPJ Panday Bayanihan Partylist called for immediate and structural interventions to support Filipino farmers and fisherfolk during a recent Legislative Energy Action and Development (Lead) joint committee hearing, highlighting the urgent need to address rising fuel and input costs threatening the country’s food security. Drawing from his consultations with farmers and fisherfolk in Pangasinan, Poe emphasized the worsening conditions on the ground, sharing that fisherfolk themselves described their situation as “already losing from exhaustion, still losing from fuel,” underscoring how fuel expenses alone now consume as much as 50–70% of their […]... Keep on reading: Poe pushes urgent aid for farmers, fishers amid rising costs, food risks

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