Science and technology advocates want the government to take action in modernizing local agriculture.
‘We don’t have to import rice with improved technology, govt support’
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Rice Crisis Looms Once More
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Anakpawis Representative Rafael Mariano today said that a looming rice crisis is “a real problem” that cannot be addressed by palliative and short-term solutions but by “real solutions.” Mariano issued the statement after the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (Nica) said that “one of the possible flash points…
Obsession over Fiscal Balance Behind Gov’t Proposal to Increase NFA Prices
“This is another situation of the administration being more concerned about impressing creditors than addressing the deteriorating welfare of the country’s poorest,” said Sonny Africa, head of research of IBON Foundation. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 10, April 13-19, 2008 The government’s obsession with balancing the budget to satisfy its creditors…