LEGARDA FILES BILL TO HELP THE HUNGRY AND REDUCE FOOD WASTAGE

Four-term Senator Loren Legarda recognizes the country's severe problem with food security and the rising issue of food wastage.

"In a recent Social Weather Station survey, approximately 3.1 million Filipinos or 12.2% of the country's total population experienced hunger during the first quarter of 2023," Legarda explained.

She further elaborated on statistics from the UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2021, in which "each household in the country wastes around 9,334,477 tons of food annually.