question archive The Philippines faces a bleak situation on rice and other crop productions
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The Philippines faces a bleak situation on rice and other crop productions. Numerous typhoons and droughts have caused local rice production to be delayed, or in some cases even halted. This has not only affected businesses, but primarily the farmers themselves. Belonging to a primary sector that produces food, it is ironic that farmers hardly earn a decent income in the country.
DIRECTIONS: In reference to the abovementioned context, respond coherently to the following questions.
1. Which of the three main aspects of food security presented by the World Health Organization (WHO) is/are NOT met or often neglected in the Philippine society? Expound your answer.
2. What do you think is/are the repercussion/s of the country's failure to realize or meet any of the aspects of food security? Provide concrete examples
There are basic components of food security that include the following aspects: Availability, Access, Utilization and Stability. The most neglected aspect is the access. Farm to market roads are scarce in the provinces, farmers cannot deliver their products to the consumers or their will spend more to transport their products. Second is stability, domestic production is only breaking even with the amount of demand in our domestic markets. If the products were destroyed by typhoons, the supplies will drop. If provinces which mainly produces farm products is severely stricken by natural calamities, other provinces which are depending to it will surely feel the effect in the dropping of supplies.