President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos has issued an executive order which reorganizes the Inter-agency task force on zero hunger.&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2023/05may/20230518-EO-27-FRM.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Executive Order No. 27 </a>dated May 18 amended the EO No. 1 s. 2020 previously issued by the Duterte administration.&nbsp;
In the newly-released order, the task force shall be headed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary while its co-chairperson will be the National Nutrition Council (NNC) Executive Director and vice-chairperson is the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary.&nbsp;
The members of the inter-agency task force on zero hunger will be composed of a representative from the Office of the President and secretaries from the following government agencies:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Department of Agrarian Reform</li>
<li>Department of Budget and Management</li>
<li>Department of Education</li>
<li>Department of Environment and Natural Resources</li>
<li>Department of Labor and Employment</li>
<li>Department of Trade and Industry</li>
<li>Department of Science and Technology</li>
<li>Department of National Economic Development Authority&nbsp;</li>
<li>Commission on Higher Education&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
The order was signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.&nbsp;
Based on the recent survey from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) released earlier this May, there are <a href="https://www.dzrh.com.ph/post/fewer-pinoys-went-hungry-sws" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2.7 million Filipinos</a> who have experienced involuntary hunger or being hungry and not having anything to eat at least once in the past three months.
SWS noted that while recent results declined by 3 million from December 2022, it is still higher than the 8.8 percent or 2.1 million families in December 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Marcos reorganizes inter-agency task force on zero hunger