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Today, the battle we chose to focus on is #foodsecurity. While our policy recommendations will be released to the public in a few days, I will be live tweeting my literature review for my notes, and you are welcome to them. || #COVID19PH @emitc4c
1. The 'Entitlements Approach to Hunger' is by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. Entitlement here is defined as a reliable source of food. Market-based entitlement is most prevalent and resilient, but in crises, vulnerable people must look elsewhere for food. https://www.wider.unu.edu/sites/default/files/RFA-1.pdf
"The real issue is not primarily the over-all availability of food, but its acquirement [...]. If a person lacks the means to acquire food, the presence of food in the market is not much consolation." p. 7
"To understand hunger, we have to look at people's entitlements, i.e., what commodity bundles (including food) they can make [on] their own." p. 7
-- this is why urban poor are more vulnerable than rural poor, bec rural poor are more likely able to source food w/o markets.
-- this is why urban poor are more vulnerable than rural poor, bec rural poor are more likely able to source food w/o markets.
There’s no shortage of food, esp gulay and meats. But there are MASSIVE problems at the checkpoints. (Photo grabbed from Ace Estrada/FB)
Gov’t can’t just suddenly function as the entire market. Step 1 in easing the lockdown should be easing these checkpoints.
Gov’t can’t just suddenly function as the entire market. Step 1 in easing the lockdown should be easing these checkpoints.
SABING REVLIT LANG EHH haha
3. Julie Schaffner's Development Economics, the bible, imo. The relevant topic to #COVID19PH is: "when transfers must be distributed in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, and when local food supply is thus low and inelastic," is it better to do cash or food distributions?
"...assuming communities are cut off from larger markets by high transfer costs), the distribution of food transported in from outside the communities may be far more effective at increasing local food consumption than a cash distribution." p. 409
2. The Food Security Crisis in the PH from @OSINTHK. Two dynamics: panic buying and weak logistics infra. Entitlements are also mentioned here. https://twitter.com/OSINTHK/status/1245661012927238147?s=20
Nako heto na. Alam ko #BigasHindiBala pero paano kung wala na tayong bigas? Dahil sa Rice Tariff Law, lugi mag tanim ang mga small rice farmers. Baka hindi na rin makapagimport dahil: rice prices hit 6-year high as Thailand and Vietnam face drought https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/Commodities/Rice-prices-hit-6-year-high-as-Thailand-and-Vietnam-face-drought
