Sen. Cynthia Villar has assured that local farmers would benefit and would be protected under the Senate’s bill liberalizing the importation of rice in the country.
Sen. Cynthia Villar has assured that local farmers would benefit and would be protected under the Senate’s bill liberalizing the importation of rice in the country.
The chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food made the assurance Monday as she sponsored Senate Bill 1998, or the proposed rice tariffication law, for plenary debates.
Senate Bill 1998 seeks to replace the quantitative restriction (QR) on rice imports with tariffs and lifts the quantitative exports restrictions on rice. It amends Republic Act 8178 or the Agricultural Tariffication Act.
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