“Family farmers are frontliners, too, especially in the work to build the body’s resilience and resistance to COVID-19 through healthy and nutritious food,” says AFA Secretary-General Esther Penunia during the IFAD live webcast “Farmers on the Frontline – Building resilience in a post-Coronavirus world” broadcasted on 8 May 2020. Family farmers in Asia and the […]
When the Philippine government placed the country on lockdown starting in mid-March, a number of challenges for the citizens ensued. Delivery of fresh vegetables and fruits to the national capital region coming from the provinces were delayed due to obstacles in transporting these goods. The scarcity of fresh food and the panic buying of people […]
