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Following the recent signing of the rice tariffication law by President Rodrigo Duterte, the chairman of the House agriculture committee has encouraged the government’s executive branch to ensure provision of a “safety net for local farmers” in the form of a fund that would be used to improve the country’s rice sector. “The 10 billion […]
Senator Cynthia Villar lamented the misconception intentionally circulated to discredit the rice tariffication bill and to block the passage of the needed support measures for local rice farmers. “It is unfortunate that some groups are being made to believe that the rice tariffication bill which we have scrutinized and carefully studied in the Senate, will […]