THE claim made by economic bureaucrats is that the individual food poverty threshold is P63.87 a day. This means that this is what separates those who are food-poor from those who are not. This figure is derived from the 2023 food poverty threshold for a family of five, pegged at P9,581 a month.
Thus, an individual who, on average, spends P65 a day on food is no longer food-poor, but one who spends 63 is food-poor.