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The Bohol Chronicle

More than anything else, food security should be Bohol 's priority thrust in the years ahead.

Vice Gov. Julius Caesar Herrera noted that while the province has other options in its development agenda like tourism, food security should never be relegated to the sidelines.

The vice-governor has consistently called for the use of idle and arable lands for rice and other agricultural uses long before the current rice supply crisis.

He noted that while Bohol has been considered as the rice granary of Central Visayas , it has not increased production for the last 12 years.

Figures provided by agriculture stakeholders reveal that since 1996, production has not increased beyond 83 percent.