MANILA, Philippines. The private farm sector is calling on the government to adopt a Filipino Farmers First policy as it rejects the liberalization of rice imports into the country.
MANILA, Philippines. The private farm sector is calling on the government to adopt a Filipino Farmers First policy as it rejects the liberalization of rice imports into the country.
The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) is urging President Duterte to zero in on a policy adopted by economic giants US and China.
Since rice is most political of commodities, if the government will be seen as having abandoned rice farmers to the ravages of unfair trade so that consumers can savor the magic of the market, then investments in the sector will shrink. Why produce when the signal from the government is to import? PCAFI president Danilo Fausto said.
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