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Money-off vouchers won’t do. Instead, the government needs to offer a lasting vision for energy security – because we already know what Reform’s is In a time of fear, heroes must rise. There’s a gathering storm rattling at the windows, tearing through the family WhatsApp groups. Use your air fryer instead of the oven. Book your summer holiday now to avoid spiralling flight costs. Colin, a caller on LBC, has heard a rumour (the radio phone-in equivalent of “forwarded many times”) that there are abundant oil and gas reserves off the Falkland Islands and wants the government to fund an expedition to go and get them. Meanwhile, Ed Miliband has been on TikTok , patiently explaining to his 26,800 followers what the government is doing to protect you from the coming war-flavoured price shock. Energy bills are coming down in April. There’s a £50m heating oil fund for poorer households. Fuel duty is being frozen until September. There are unspecified “measures to advance our plans for clean power”. And, of course, the government is “working with our allies to bring this conflict to an end”, which definitely seems to be doing the trick so far. Jonathan Liew is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
First of two parts THE past three weeks has been very stressful for us Filipinos, especially those who are in the lower-income bracket. I need not explain this — fuel prices, primarily diesel and petrol — have already exceeded the P100 per liter level. As to when fuel prices will go down to “normal” levels can be anybody’s guess. But I believe that won’t be happening soon. While there is still adequate food supply in the Philippines as I write this column, let me push the alarm button on the potentially grave impact of the Middle East war on local and global food production. One commodity traded globally — inorganic fertilizer — can become as precious as gold if the Middle East war drags on. Like fuel, inorganic fertilizer is produced from crude oil. Also, according to geopolitical analysts, the disruption of passage at the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted the flow of about 33 percent of the world’s inorganic fertilizer supply. Read that again — 33 percent or one third of global supply. The major exporters of inorganic fertilizer are Saudi Arabia and Qatar, both of which have been under attack from Iran since Feb. 28, the day the Middle East war started. The rising cost and shortage of natural gas is also forcing cutbacks in the production of ammonia, an important input for nitrogen-based fertilizers. A good example is Europe, which hosts at least 30 ammonia-producing plants and account for 10 percent of global production. A paper from Japan-based MUFG stated that the impact of the Middle East conflict on fertilizer and food production will be felt in the second half of this year. It said that while the Philippines is not largely dependent on the Middle East for fertilizer, the spillover effect globally can be devastating. “While the Philippines only imports 7 percent of its fertilizers directly from the Middle East, regional food producers such as India and Thailand have quite high dependence on fertilizer imports from the Middle East (40 percent and 34 percent, respectively). In addition, globally, 15 percent of overall fertilizer and closer to 20-30 percent of urea-based fertilizers are dependent on the Middle East region. All these could over time have some spillover impact to global food prices and hence also inflation, the impact which may only be seen from 2H2026 (second half of 2026),” MUFG said. And we all know what higher inflation does to lower-income households. Meeting with FAO head I recently had a meeting with the director general of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Dr. Qu Dongyu, a very good friend since my days at the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (Pcaard), an agency under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). At the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where he was the keynote speaker last March 18, I requested for a meeting with him, where we discussed, among others, the potential impact of the Middle East war on global and local food production. We both share the view that if the Middle East war lingers longer than necessary, this will impact the food production of both developed and developing countries, but the latter will suffer more. And I pointed out that FAO has a program to assist developing nations vulnerable to climate-induced disasters and impact of geopolitical conflicts. I recommended to Dr. Qu, as a friend as a former agriculture secretary, for FAO to elevate its assistance for developing countries, including sourcing fertilizers. The FAO chief agreed, and the agency has a program for that, of which the implementation can be elevated amid the current geopolitical crisis. My message is very clear — the FAO is ready to assist developing countries like the Philippines. Which brings me to a very important question: What must be done to increase local food production amid the current geopolitical crisis? Scaling up public-private producer partnerships At this juncture, my recommendation is for the Philippines to adopt a “war footing” by scaling up public-private producer partnerships (PPPP) to increase local food production efficiently. PPPPs are nothing new, as it is being promoted and advocated in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) through the Asean Business Advisory Council-Philippines, of which I am senior adviser, particularly on its legacy platform, the Asean Food Security Alliance (AFSA). PPPPs will require the national government, local government (LGUs), and the private sector to pool their resources, cooperate, and take concerted action, with the primary mission of increasing efficiently the country’s locally produced food at affordable prices. Furthermore, PPPPs should capitalize and make efficient use on all types of foreign assistance the Philippines will get to boost local food production. Among the specific action the Department of Agriculture (DA) can take now is encourage private firms to partner in a big way with farmer cooperatives or clustered farmers, so the level of agriculture productivity will be enhanced. PPPPs should also accelerate the rollout of technologies to level up agriculture output nationwide, and deliver assistance to food producers before they start planting. Again, the Philippines does not have a shortage of bright minds who can provide various technologies to farmers to level up their production efficiently. Also, another objective that PPPPs can pursue is increase local food buffers or reserves, including rice. This will require LGUs to also take the lead in building up the national rice buffer stocks. LGUs building up their own rice buffer stocks will also benefit farmers in their areas, as the local governments can acquire palay and rice from organized food producers at better prices. With LGUs contributing to the national rice buffer stock, the country can start increasing gradually the stocks of the staple from the baseline of 60 days to 180 days. That level of buffer stock can help tame the price of rice during a crisis or shocks. And learning from the present crisis, building up a national fertilizer buffer stock becomes a matter of survival. This measure will also require diversifying the sources of the country’s fertilizers. As I write this column, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the DA will seek other sources of fertilizers, eyeing China and Russia, among others. This is an excellent move that should be adopted as a long-term strategy. Also, implementing measures to gradually lower the country’s fertilizer dependency should be pursued. I started this during my term as Agriculture secretary by kicking off a nationwide balanced fertilization program. Balanced fertilization done properly can reduce the use of inorganic fertilizers by as much as 50 percent while gradually increasing yields and preserving soil health. For the second part of this column-series, do not be surprised if my discussion on the impact of the Middle East war on food production ends up calling anew for Generation RE to rise.
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