‘Rice crisis may lead to widespread hunger’

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) seriously needs to take up in urgency the reported rice supply shortage because it could lead to widespread hunger if not checked, according to Sen. Loren Legarda.

Legarda, a known advocate of sustainable agricultural development, insisted that the current rice supply situation of the country is very alarming because it now goes beyond the issue of rice self- sufficiency and has become a food security concern.