“We challenge candidates to heed the demands of our food producers and consumers to ensure that food security and rice agenda are part of their platforms.”
Tags: Rice Tariffication
Price of palay, cheaper than pig feed
“Even darak (ground rice bran used as pig feed) sells higher than the actual grain.”
Farmers shun Duterte’s policies on agriculture, land use
For Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA), Duterte’s SONA only renewed his administration’s commitment to fully implement “anti-poor, anti-farmer and anti-worker policies.”
What the Rice Tariffication Law violates
The Philippines has now embarked on import liberalization of its staple – a dangerous path not just for the country’s food security, but more importantly, for that elusive economic development.
Bungkalan vs imported rice
By DEE AYROSO
Farmers slam Duterte for ‘sealing death of PH rice industry’ with tariffication law
“It’s the beginning of the end of the local rice industry. Even with the rice industry enhancement fund, the local rice industry do not stand a chance with massive rice imports.”
Tariffication not answer to rice supply, price ills
Given our abundant arable lands and rich natural resources, we could grow enough of our own food, export those raw or processed products that we are unable to consume, and build an industrial economy. But the Philippine state’s inexcusable failure to develop our agriculture, over the decades, has instead kept us mired in periodic crises…