PH needs realistic solutions for food security, not fantastic ones

THE outgoing Agrarian Reform secretary created a public stir this past week when he called a press conference to announce that the department had crafted a strategy to make rice available to consumers at P20 per kilogram (kg). The ludicrous suggestion simply highlighted the need for the government to, on the one hand, intensify its focus on realistic and achievable solutions to ensure the country's food security; and, on the other, be more credible and responsible in its communications with the public.