MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija: The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) upheld the vision of the food self-sufficiency program of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. over the medium to long term.

"The pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war revealed to us the vulnerability of the global food system, which was highly dependent on trading and imported chemical inputs to ensure that a country's population will have enough food supply," PhilMech Executive Director Dr. Dionisio Alvindia said in a statement delivered during a media briefing on Monday, July 25.

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