Filipinos producing the country’s food are among those who could not afford to eat, according to data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
FILIPINOS producing the country’s food are among those who could not afford to eat, according to data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority .
“The fisherfolks sector remained to have the highest subsistence incidence of 10.8 percent,” PSA said. “This indicates that around one in every 10 fishermen belongs to a family that is food-poor or a family with income that is not sufficient to buy its minimum basic food needs.” In terms of incidence, sectors that made up the top 5 in terms of subsistence incidence were rural residents at 9 percent and the self-employed and unpaid family workers, at 6.4 percent.
This was followed by Farmers with a poverty incidence of 30 percent; Children, 26.4 percent; and Individuals residing in rural areas, 25.7 percent.
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