The National Food Coalition (NFC) in the Philippines was established in October 2012. It was formed to address current shortcomings by the State agencies in fighting hunger. The NFC together with the Peoples Development Institute (PDI), Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PHILRIGHTS) and Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao (AFRIM) as members of the steering committee, is conposed of over 75 organizations.
The NFC was born out of the need of all sectors in the Philippines to respond to the growing hunger and impoverishment in the country. Its goal is to challenge the government to integrate the various Philippine policies on RTAF into a national framework and to develop change strategies that will impact on economic growth and rural development.
The NFC is the first coalition in the Philippines to bring together people form different sectors of society in developing a legal framework for the RTAF. There is a need to bring different types of organizations together because hunger can only be solved through a simultaneous, multi-sectoral approach. The NFC with the help of grassroots organizations and individuals is pushing for a National Good Framework Law in the Philippines.
Thus, the NFC with its members and affiliates is pushing the government to establish a coherent legal framework that recognizes and protects the right to adequate food, including the development of a national food policy.
Such policy against hunger will ensure the availability, accessibility and adequacy of food. From the development stage until its implementation, the legal framework on the right to adequate food shall have the full and active participation of relevant stakeholders, especially those most vulnerable to hunger.
NFC Steering Committee
1. Peoples Development Institute (PDI)
2. Philippine Human Rights Information Cdenter (PHILRIGHTS)
3. Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao (AFRIM)
Aurea M. Teves - Convener
National Food Coalition
91 Madasalin Street, Teachers’ Village East, 1101 Quezon City, Philippines
Tel No.: (02) 351-7553 Fax No. (02) 436-3593
