Rice corn blend: responding to twin challenge of rice self-sufficiency and diabetes in the Philippines
2018
Salazar, A.M.
There are some ironies in the country's tack for food security and there is a need to resolve these. One is our 'insistence' in a lowland irrigated crop more suited for the plains while we are basically a mountainous country. Another is our 'rice or bust' approach even if the rate of diabetes is on the rise. Rice-corn blend is one feasible and immediately implementable approach. The agronomic advantage of corn as C4 crop and being basically rainfed makes it a practical and sustainable means to do away with rice importation, which is only 10% of our requirement. This will definitely help our corn farmers. Basic studies and some local feeding efforts have shown also that corn can help address nutritional concerns in our poor young malnourished populace and diabetes for adults poor and not poor. As a unique food staple formulation in Asia, rice-corn blend is practical solution to resolve such ironies and be the take off for a 'busog, malusog at maunlad na Pilipinas'.
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