Vulnerable Areas with Food Insecurity
The world is getting uncertain.If the oil supply runs out in the world . International trade will stop shipping food supply . Major cities such as Manila , Cebu , Davao , and Bacolod City who depended their foods like rice , marine food , poultry , pork , fruits , through shipping will eventually run out of supply in matter of days.
Manila and Cebu land is not arable. Cebu topography are mountainous that is very inhospitable to food production. Cebu produces rice and sugar inadequately that it needs importation for them to acquire.
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Most areas of Negros Occidental are into mono-crop agriculture. . Davao fruits exportation will necessary suspended.
Very Low Food Production does not cope with increasing Population.
Since 2005, for instance, the global price of rice has climbed fivefold. Joachim von Braun, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, D.C., warned that agricultural productivity growth is only one to two percent a year. This is too low to meet population growth and increased demand. Perpetual food crisis has become a grim reality. ( Source)
Iloilo exporting Nutritious Black Rice
Around 500 hectares were planted with organic rice from June to July and will be harvested September to October of 2015. Black rice will be exported to Singapore , Hongkong and Middle East. Black rice is high in nutritional value and is a source of iron, vitamin E and antioxidants.
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Here are examples Iloilo shipping rice to many areas of Philippines
Iloilo shipped rice to Region 8 on November 2012 to help the rice deficient region, particularly Baybay and Maasin City, capital of Southern Leyte.( Read link here)
NFA Iloilo Asst. Manager Jose Pacificador said 8,900 bags of rice have been
shipped to Bacolod City in March 2013 ( Read Link here)
another 20,000 bags in April 2013 ( Read link here)
160,000 bags in May 2013 ( Read link here)
20,000 sack of rice were shipped to Bacolod on October and November 2013
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