Food Security & Nutrition Legislative Agenda

Food Security & Nutrition Legislative Agenda Portal Asian NGO Coalition

The FAO Legislative Advisory Group-Philippines (FLAG-PH)  recently  organized  a  forum  entitled “PAGKAIN  PARA  SA  LAHAT:  A  Public  Forum  on  Food Security  and  Nutrition  Legislative  Agenda”  to  discuss some  of  the  current  related  laws  and  bills  with  key stakeholders. The forum was held on 26 March 2019, at the Ilustrado Restaurant in Intramuros, Manila. The FAO Legislative Advisory Group-Philippines (FLAG-PH), an alliance of legislators in the Philippines working towards specific legislative and policy measures to ensure freedom from hunger, was launched in January 2018 to further strengthen the partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the Philippines.

Founded in 1979, ANGOC is a regional association of national and regional networks of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia, actively engaged in food security, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture, participatory governance, and rural development.