Hinamon ng isang grupo ang NEDA na mamalengke at magluto ng pagkain sa halagang P21 na kanilang basehan sa kada meal ng isang tao para hindi siya maituring na “food poor.” Para naman sa IBON Foundation, hindi P64 kundi P90 dapat ang budget kada tao kada araw. Tipid na raw ‘yan.
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00:00A group challenged NEDA to go to the market and cook food worth 21 pesos
00:08that they base on each meal of a person so that they won't be considered food poor.
00:14For the Ibon Foundation, it's not 64 pesos, but 90 pesos per person, per day.
00:22That's already cheap.
00:24Maki Polido was shocked.
00:25Is a budget of 64 pesos enough for what you eat every day?
00:33If you don't move.
00:34Maybe in just one meal, 64 pesos will be insufficient.
00:38Not really. Maybe if that's the case, all you eat every day is eggs.
00:44According to the National Economic Development Authority, or NEDA,
00:48in a budget of 64 pesos per person, per day, you are no longer considered food poor.
00:54It's worth 21 pesos for each meal.
00:57It's based on the cheapest, most nutritious food you can buy to cook at home.
01:02According to the Food and Nutrition Research Institute,
01:05for breakfast, one egg, coffee with milk, and rice.
01:08For lunch, monggo with malunggay, dried dillies, banana, rice, or corn mix.
01:13And for dinner, meat, vegetables boiled with eggplant or squash.
01:17One kilo of pork is already worth 300 pesos.
01:2050 pesos per kilo is the cheapest commercial rice.
01:23They tried to cook at the house of their housemates, Ella and Early.
01:27But it turns out that it's more expensive because they need to buy gasol, cooking oil, ricado, and more.
01:32So to save money, they just buy food from the market.
01:36And if the budget is tight.
01:38What we will buy is hand goods, instant noodles.
01:44Because now, those are cheap.
01:47According to Toto's experience, buying more is more economical if you just buy from the market.
01:52If the daily budget is not enough.
01:54I will just buy water, ma'am.
01:56That's why I have a bottle of water.
01:59According to Ibon Foundation, 90 pesos, not 64 pesos per person, per day.
02:04That's already cheap.
02:05In Panasonic Africa, it's not possible to eat the same food every day.
02:09Just to follow the menu of the FNRI.
02:12It's dangerous if the government statistics don't reflect the real situation.
02:17The right thing to do is to conduct an updated survey.
02:20How much food is available in the Philippines?
02:22But it's not about food.
02:23It's about how much food, water, electricity, massages, and other daily necessities.
02:29If the figures are not correct.
02:30Maybe they will think that the problem has been solved.
02:33Even if it's not solved.
02:34So using a low death rate for food poverty or the poverty threshold.
02:39There is a big danger that the problem will not be seen.
02:44Because it's a new problem.
02:46A group of rice watchmen challenged the government officials,
02:49particularly NEDA, to go to the market to buy and cook food at a price of 21 pesos.
02:55In reality, it's dangerous.
02:58It doesn't really go to the market.
03:00It's not just rice.
03:03What you need is vegetables.
03:05What you need is for sautéing, salt.
03:09In the Senate hearing, NEDA admitted that it's time to revisit the thresholds.
03:15It's like 20 pesos per meal.
03:22Do you think that number is sufficient, 20 pesos?
03:28The basket has not been changed for some time, Your Honor.
03:33Although the value of that basket has been adjusted for inflation.
03:38Maybe we should revisit that because preferences could have changed already.
03:42The relative prices have changed.
03:45Because we saw the price of rice has been,
03:49inflation there has been over 20% for the last couple of months.
03:53So obviously, that's where 20 pesos is really gone.
03:58According to the Philippine Statistics Authority,
04:00they will change the methodology on food poverty in 2025.
04:06For GMA Integrated News, Macky Pulido reporting for 24 Horas.