May 2020, Southeast Asia 
Philippines Government Gives Teeth To Vegetable Home Gardening To Survive COVID-19 – OpEd
Dr. Michael A. Bengwayan

The Dept. of Agriculture of the Philppines has taken a new step in letting its citizens survive Covid-19—popularize vegetable home gardening.

The program is called “Plant, Plant, Plant’, headed by Dr. Willam D. Dar, the Secretary of Agriculture. It aims to allow vegetable homegardening to every Filipino home,

It is distributing thousands of assorted vegetable seeds all over the country with the Agriculural  Training Institute heading the seed dispersal program.

Home Gardens are Traditional Food Sources

According to  Gene Hacker of UNFAO Asian  regional office, globally, home gardens have been documented as an important supplemental source contributing to food and nutritional security and livelihoods.