Philippines improves in food security rankings
The Philippines improved two spots to place countries in the latest iteration of the developed by UK-based with support from US-based . However, its overall score slipped year on year by 0.3 point to 59.3 out of possible 100, placing it 13th out of the 23 countries in the Asia-Paci铿乧 region. The score was below the regional average of 63.4 as well as the global average of 62.2. The GFSI evaluates food security in countries based on four pillars: affordability, availability, quality and safety, and sustainability and adaptation. The Philippines scored highest in affordability with 71.5. This was followed by quality and safety (65.3), availability (55.2) and sustainability and adaptation (41.8).
