date:Aug 16, 2012
country, including a Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP). The FSSP, according to Alcala, includes a set of interventions to improve productivity as well as increase farmers incomes to ensure the countrys food supply. And for 2012 and 2013, while the country continues to import, Alcala said the government has considered allowing the private sector to handle bigger portions of imports.