Philippine House Special Committee on Food Security

Special Committee on
Food Security
Special Committee on; Food Security
20th Congress
History
New session started	To convene on July 28, 2025
Leadership
Chairman	Vacant
Minority Leader	Vacant
Website
	Special Committee on Food Security

Last updated July 17, 2025

The Philippine House Special Committee on Food Security is a special committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on programs and policies relating to food production and distribution which includes the following:^[1]

Availability and accessibility of these commodities to the people
Factors affecting food supply in the country
Long-term food security for the nation
Other actions intended to achieve sustained growth and self-reliance in the production of basic food commodities

Members, 20th Congress

As of June 30, 2025, all committee membership positions are vacant until the House convenes for its first regular session on July 28.

Historical membership rosters

18th Congress

Position		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson	Wilfredo Caminero	NUP	Cebu	2nd
Vice Chairpersons	Sabiniano Canama	COOP-NATCCO	Party-list
	Faustino Michael Dy V	NUP	Isabela	6th
	Jose Teves Jr.	TGP	Party-list
	Rogelio Pacquiao	PDP–Laban	Sarangani	Lone
	Genaro Alvarez Jr.	NPC	Negros Occidental	6th
Members for the Majority	Alyssa Sheena Tan	PFP	Isabela	4th
	Ruth Mariano-Hernandez	Independent	Laguna	2nd
	Micaela Violago	NUP	Nueva Ecija	2nd
	Samantha Louise Vargas-Alfonso	NUP	Cagayan	2nd
	Jocelyn Fortuno	Nacionalista	Camarines Sur	5th
	Rudy Caoagdan	PDP–Laban	Cotabato	2nd
	Nestor Fongwan ^[a]	PDP–Laban	Benguet	Lone
Members for the Minority	Francisca Castro	ACT TEACHERS	Party-list
Members for the Minority	Argel Joseph Cabatbat	MAGSASAKA	Party-list

Notes

↑ Died on December 18, 2019.

References

↑ "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 37. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
↑ "HOUSE COMMITTEES - FOOD SECURITY". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved March 15, 2020.

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[3] Died on December 18, 2019.

[1] "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 37. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

[2] "HOUSE COMMITTEES - FOOD SECURITY". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved March 15, 2020.

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