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2013 APEC Seminar, Strengthening Public- Private Partnership to Reduce Food Losses in the Supply Chain ADDRESSING FOOD SECURITY: THE PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE The Westin Taipei • 5 August 20
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2013 APEC Seminar, Strengthening Public-Private Partnership to Reduce Food Losses in the Supply Chain
ADDRESSING FOOD SECURITY: THE PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE
The Westin Taipei • 5 August 2013
Food Security: The Philippine experience• 7.8% GDP growth in the first quarter of 2013
Q1, 2013 Q1, 2012• Industry sector 10.9%5.3%
– mining and quarrying industry (17.0%)1.7%
– manufacturing 9.7% 6%– construction 32.5%
29.9%• Services sector 7% 8.4%• Agriculture 3.3% 1.1%
Food Security: The Philippine experience
Employed Persons by Major Industry Group
INDUSTRY APRIL 2013 NUMBER (in ‘000)
APRIL 2012NUMBER (in ‘000)
AGRICULTURE 11,844 12,468
INDUSTRY 6,083 5,859
SERVICES 19,893 19,513
TOTAL 37,819 37,840
Source: Labor Force Survey April 2012, 2013
Food Security: The Philippine experience
Distribution of Agricultural Area by Type of Utilization
Permanent CropsPermanent MeadowsForest and WoodlandArableOthers
44%
Source: Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, 2002 CAF
51%
Food Security: The Philippine experience
GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT
Food Security: The Philippine experienceGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS1. INFRASTRUCTURE• Irrigation projects – from 2011 to end June 2013, the National Irrigation Administration has generated 101,698 ha of new areas, restored 89,275 ha, and rehabilitated 417,351 ha.Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project II in Iloilo province – major
irrigation project costs P 11.2B
• Farm-to-market roads – Department of Agriculture together with the Department of Public Works and Highways have improved the design of FMRs to adapt to the impact of climate change. From 2011 to June 2013, almost 840kms of roads connected 1,147 barangays benefiting almost 300,000 farmers.
2. ACCESS TO CREDIT FACILITIES • Agro-Industry Modernization Credit and Financing Program – P1.12B was released to farmers in 2012 (127% increase from the previous year)
Food Security: The Philippine experience3. PROTECTION AND REGENERATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES• National Climate Change Action Plan• National Strategic Framework on Climate Change• National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan
In all these, the private sector has a role to play…
Food Security: The Philippine experience
• Speed-up facilitation of projects under Public-Private Partnership scheme- Transport infrastructure projects- Irrigation projects- Post-harvest facilities
• Expand formal access to credit facilities- RA 10574, Allowing infusion of
foreign equity in the capital of rural banks
• Complete land distribution/ fully implement agrarian reform program
• ENACT LAND USE POLICY• ENACT LAND ADMINISTRATION REFORM• ALLOW FARMLAND AS LOAN COLLATERAL
• PROMOTE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT• REDUCE COST OF LOGISTICS• COMBAT SMUGGLING AND CORRUPTION
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT AREAS FOR COLLABORATION
