SOLANA, Cagayan, Feb. 24 (PIA) - - The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has launched the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) convergence program in Cagayan Valley region.
Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya said the program is a key strategy of the national government in addressing critical concerns on hunger mitigation, food and nutrition insecurity, and poverty reduction.
He said a memorandum of understanding has been signed by national government agencies that were identified part of the convergence initiative with anti-poverty programs to include the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Health, Department of Agriculture, Department of Agrarian Reform, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Science and Technology, National Food Authority, Landbank of the Philippines, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, and Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation.
Screengrabbed from Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles Facebook live.
LAGUNA, Jan. 31 Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, head of the government s Task Force on Zero Hunger, led partners from Pilipinas Kontra Gutom and Rise Against Hunger in distributing food packs in Calauan, San Pedro and Biñan in Laguna last Friday, January 29, 2021.
2,000 individuals in San Pedro and 2,000 individuals in Biñan received the free packs in an initiative Nograles described as a showcase of public-private partnership in addressing malnutrition in children and hunger in Filipino families. There s an entire ecosystem involved in our food assistance. We not only distribute food, but we also help our farmers, fisherfolk and members of the agriculture sector through coordination with suppliers from the private sector, the Malacañang official said.