MAKAKALIKASAN welcomes the stable prices for organic food despite the current economic recession. However, as this is dependent solely on regular premium price from high-end consumer, increasing production of organic food by farmers still eludes them. And thus, the rest of us, especially the poor masses are missing out on the benefits of healthy, organic food that if only cheap enough and not only for the middle and upper-class consumers to afford would have a sure market among the majority of our poor consumers. Also, the entire nation and humanity as a whole is missing out on the ecological benefits of organic agriculture especially if tied regenerative ecosystem rehabilitation and conservation because precisely organic farming remains bad business for most farmers. The key towards ORGANIC FOOD SOVEREIGNTY is a state policy, supported by sufficient programs that supports that stable, high-end price should no longer be enough for Organic Food. Government subsidy is needed to lower price for more Filipinos so demand then production increases! It should be a no-brainer for a truly pro-poor green government
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