MARLEN V. RONQUILLO
The surging prices of eggs, a pressing, urgent problem for poor families that depend on eggs and cheap noodles for daily survival, have been obscured by bigger agri-related issues — the rock-bottom palay prices and the presence of the lethal African swine fever (ASF) in small, swill-feeding hog farms in Rizal and Bulacan. But from the realm of the poor’s daily struggle in meeting their food needs, the rising prices of eggs are a very important issue.