THE Philippines’ dependence on imports to address food shortages leaves it exposed to price shocks and food market manipulation, the World Food Programme (WFP) said.

In a report, “Feeding Resilience: Unraveling the Asia-Pacific Food Crisis,” the WFP said the Philippines’ “unique contextual specificities of being a net food importer, particularly for staple commodities like rice, contribute to vulnerabilities in its food system.”....

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