Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement after the latest Social Weather Stations survey showed that some 5.2 million families experienced involuntary hunger in the past three months which he admits bothers the government.
“In all three aspects meron po tayong ginagawang national food policy roadmap kung saan mina-map-out natin ang lahat ng mga programa ng gobyerno patungkol sa food productivity,” Nograles said. “We have to make sure that the food basket or grocery packs or the food products that we give are nutritious,” he added.
“Kailangan yung food packs na ibibgay natin bahay-bahay should contain, as much as possible, yung mga DOST-FNRI na ready-to-eat or yung mga nutritious food packs ,” he said.Nograles, however, said the DOST-FNRI needs the support of local government units to produce these nutritious food packs.