Latest in rice farmersThe Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) did not bring down rice prices as promised, former Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol said Wednesday. In fact, Piñol said it drove them higher, while simultaneously killing the livelihoods of Filipino rice farmers by surrendering the country’s rice…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is ensuring Filipino rice farmers have a steady and guaranteed market by requiring local government units to source the supply of his administration’s free rice program directly from local producers, bypassing traders and middlemen under the government’s Sagip…
The Marcos administration’s Bagong Pilipinas Rice Program will distribute 10 kilos of free rice per tranche to low-income families across all provinces, cities, and municipalities starting this May, with the supply sourced directly from Filipino farmers under the government’s Sagip Saka…
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