National Federation of Small Fisherfolk Organizations in the Philippines
“It is not enough that the DA would only verbally encourage farmers and fishers to constantly supply the metro with their products when the food producers themselves suffer the hardships in their production. How about a livelihood support to guarantee that food producers can keep up with the wheels of production?” PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson Fernando Hicap said in a statement.
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“We appeal to the legislators in the House of Representatives to act on this bill as urgent in the name of mitigating the devastating impacts of the pandemic to the country’s poorest sector who also happens to be one of the front-liners for food security,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
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“We assert by rights a government support in a form of economic aid and livelihood subsidy. It should not be less than P10, 000 for each of the poor fishing family who is reeling from the devastating impacts of the pandemic and the strict quarantine,” Bobby Roldan, PAMALAKAYA Vice Chair for Luzon said in a statement.
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