Manila, Nov. 6 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday vowed to sustain government measures to ease food-price pressure.

This came after food inflation slowed for the bottom 30 percent of income households to 9.4 percent in October, down from 9.8 percent year on year in September, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

In a statement, DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the agency will continue intervention to help reduce costs across the food supply chain.

"Keeping food prices manageable requires not only bringing down costs but also ensuring that farmers can continue producing enough to meet domestic demand," he said.

Among the DA's measures are the deployment of fuel subsidies, financial aid to far...