Press Release
October 16, 2012

KIKO: PEACE IN MINDANAO IS KEY TO FOOD SECURITY

As the world commemorates World Food Day, Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan believes that lasting peace in Mindanao could hold the key to food self-sufficiency in the country.

"There is so much untapped potential in that region that could fill the gaps in our efforts at attaining food security. The agriculture and fisheries sector can also uplift the lives of the Bangsamoro people and kickstart the economy in Mindanao."

Pangilinan, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Social Justice and Rural Development, adds that with the cooperation between the MILF and the government, the people in Mindanao will soon lay down their arms and take up ploughshares.

"With government infrastructure support, there could be an agricultural boom in the South. Food self-sufficiency is a growing concern worldwide, and perhaps it is serendipitous that we now have a breakthrough in the peace process that we may now attain our goal of becoming food self-sufficient in the very near future."

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