{"id":7533,"date":"2023-08-08T01:38:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T01:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpap.ph\/?p=7533"},"modified":"2023-08-15T02:57:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:57:47","slug":"groups-condemn-additional-rice-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpap.ph\/groups-condemn-additional-rice-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Groups condemn additional rice imports"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
ROSALES, Pangasinan Agricultural groups have condemned the announcement of National Economic and Development Authority director-general Arsenio Balisacan that the agency was proposing the importation of an additional 1 million metric tons of rice for the first quarter 2016.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Samahang Industriya sa Agrikultura chairman and Abono Party-list chairman Rosendo So said they would instead prefer an increased budget for crop insurance to broaden the scope of the farmers whose crops were affected by natural calamities.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The additional funds would also help in the irrigation of crop fields to sustain the production of rice farmers.<\/p>\r\n