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Ua hui pū ʻo Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) me ka hui ʻIseraʻela ʻo LR Group e hoʻokumu i ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo mea kanu nui loa ma Philippines aia ma ka mokuʻo Bulacan. Me ka loaʻa kālā o kahi kokoke i PHP1 biliona, ʻo ka 22-hectare Metro Pacific Fresh Farms (MPFF) manaʻo e hoʻolako i nā ʻohi huaʻai i Metro Manila, kahi mea nui o ka mākeke no nā mea kanu. Ua ʻōlelo ka luna hoʻomalu, Pelekikena, a me Luna Nui o MPIC, ʻo Manny V. Pangilinan, ke kākoʻo nei ka papahana i ka pahuhopu o ke aupuni e hoʻokō i ka palekana meaʻai a me kahi Philippines kūʻokoʻa mahiʻai. Eia kekahi, ma o kāna hui pū ʻana me LR Group, e hoʻolauna ʻo MPFF i nā ʻenehana Israeli e hoʻololi i ka mahiʻai o ka ʻāina a hoʻoikaika i nā hana mahiʻai hoʻomau.
Ke kū nei ʻo Filipina i nā pilikia i ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai, a ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā kumukūʻai o nā mea kanu ma ka ʻāina ua hoʻohui i kēia mau hopohopo. ʻO ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo meaʻai nui loa ma Philippines he mea hoʻoikaika nui i ka palekana meaʻai o ka ʻāina a me kahi hana koʻikoʻi i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kūʻokoʻa mahiʻai. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana ma waena o MPIC a me LR Group e hoʻolauna i nā ʻenehana mahiʻai hou, kahi e hoʻonui ai i ka huahana a me ka hoʻomau o ka mahiʻai meaʻai ma ka ʻāina. Me kēia hoʻolālā, manaʻo ʻo MPIC e hoʻonui i ka hana meaʻai kūloko a kōkua i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i nā kumukūʻai meaʻai ma ka ʻāina. Ma o kēia papahana, ua kūpaʻa ʻo MPIC i ke kōkua ʻana i ke kūkulu ʻana i lāhui hiki ke hānai i kona poʻe a pau.