Government to intensify hunger mitigation initiatives amid drop in hunger–Nograles While the government on Thursday acknowledged steadily dropping hunger figures, it recognizes that it should step up hunger mitigation measures as the country has yet to fully reopen its economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who on Thursday added that "reducing and preventing widespread hunger continues to be a top concern for the government, which is Caraga INFOCUS
aware that quarantine measures require us to undertake interventions to mitigate their impact on livelihoods and incomes." Nograles, who heads the government's Zero Hunger Task Force, said that the 3.2% drop in involuntary hunger "is a marked improvement given that this occurred in the span of just under two months." "Hunger incidence is still not at pre-pandemic levels, and we believe
we still have work to do to get there, but ultimately our goal is to put ourselves in a position to eradicate hunger once we have reopened the economy fully and enter a better normal," the Palace official explained. "Where our campaign against hunger is concerned, we need three Rs: recover, regain, and rally. We have to recover the ground we lost because of the pandemic, regain the momentum in the July 24-30, 2021 |
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