Salamat sa social activist/cartoonist na si Nicolas Tanedo Wijangco sa kanyang angkop na pagsasalarawan ng pagbabagong dapat nating gawin sa Philippine market system.
Dito lang sa Pilipinas nangyayari na mas malaki pa ang tubo ng mga dicer, middlemen at traders kesa mga magsasaka at mangingisda na naghirap.
Dahil dito, napapamahal ang presyo ng pagkain sa palengke at nawawalan ng gana ang mga food producers.
Ang solusyon dito ay naisulat ko na – revive the Food Terminal Incorporated and provide it funds to establish Regional Food Consolidation, Processing and Packaging Terminal in all food production regions.
Magpatayo din ng dagdag na FTI Food Outlets sa malalaking syudad, lalo na sa Metro Manila.
From the RCPPT, the goods will be repositioned and distributed in areas where these are needed.
This concept is not a wild idea because we had our models and Templates – DA Tienda when I was Agriculture Secretary and MinDA Tienda when I was Chairman of the Mindanao Development Authority.
In the aftermath of a typhoon in 2018, prices of Cordillera Carrots went up as high as P300 per kilo.
As DA Secretary, I ordered that vegetables from Bukidnon be brought in and sold at the BPI Compound in Manila.
After just one day, the price of Carrots in Divisoria dropped to P80 per kilo.
The same experience happened with MinDA Tienda.
Kailangan talagang baguhin na ang sistema ng marketing sa Pilipinas na kung saan ay mga sampung kamay ang dinadaanan ng produkto ng magsasaka bago makarating sa kusina ng pamilyang Pilipino.
With God’s grace and blessings, the action to change the system starts in the Philippine Senate mid-2022.
#GovernanceIsCommonSense!
#KungGustoMaramingParaan!
(Thanks to Nicolas Tanedo Wijangco for the meaningful cartoon.)
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