Marcos OKs plan to 'revolutionize' food distribution system

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="People buy various meat and produce at the Agora Public Market in San Juan City on February 21, 2023. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/08/30/20230220-agora-public-market-srp-consumers-mt-1.jpg"/><figcaption>People buy various meat and produce at the Agora Public Market in San Juan City on February 21, 2023. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has approved the trade department&#x27;s 3-year food logistics action agenda, which sought to improve the country&#x27;s food distribution system and reduce transport and logistics costs, Malacañang said. </p><p>In a statement, Press Secretary Cheloy Garafil said the agenda was raised as early as last year, when Marcos, Jr. directed the agriculture, trade, and interior departments to expand farm-to-market roads, the cold chain industry, and ports infrastructure. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/21/22/marcos-seeks-world-cooperation-for-ph-food-security">Marcos seeks world cooperation, investments to boost food security in PH</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/23/23/marcos-eyes-digitalization-for-food-security-palace">Marcos seeks digitalized food balance sheets for food security: Palace</a></li></ul><p>&quot;The action plan’s general objective is to ensure the availability, accessibility, and affordability of food for Filipinos, and that consumers reliably get the right product at the right time,&quot; said Garafil.</p><p>&quot;It is committed to a whole-of-government approach where key agencies involved shall be required to prioritize, focus, and allocate funding on specific initiatives,&quot; she added. </p><p>The logistics plan also includes measures to curb hoarding, smuggling, and overstaying food imports, as well as boost monitoring of warehouses and cold storage facilities, Garafil said. </p><p>For its goals to be achieved, the food logistics agenda has 6 plans of action, which include &quot;revolutionizing&quot; the country&#x27;s food distribution system, solving problems on supply chain, lowering transport and logistics costs, and growing investments in logistics infrastructure on transportation and storage.</p><p>The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will also improve existing food terminals and establish more food hubs nationwide, the Palace said. <br/> <br/>&quot;By integrating food terminals, the supply chain from producers to consumers could be shortened, with standardized logistical processes and transportation system directed towards specific destinations,&quot; said Garafil. </p><p>&quot;These hubs operate as central command centers for effectively supervising the balance between demand and supply with the resulting synergy within these hubs amplifying the effectiveness of the action plan.&quot;<br/> <br/>The President approved the action agenda on Tuesday during a sectoral meeting in Malacañang, when he also ordered the Bureau of Customs to boost its fight against illegal hoarders and smugglers. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/29/23/marcos-orders-customs-to-beef-up-efforts-vs-hoarding">Marcos orders Customs to beef up efforts vs hoarding; 3 warehouses inspected</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2781526" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

President Marcos approved a plan to improve the food distribution system and reduce transport and logistics costs, the Palace said. 

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Marcos OKs plan to 'revolutionize' food distribution system

Marcos OKs plan to 'revolutionize' food distribution system

Job Manahan,

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Published Aug 30, 2023 11:09 AM PHT

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