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.