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Published December 21, 2020, 5:00 PM
In an aid to the low price of the palay in the province, Provincial Board Member Albert Rama proposed an ordinance this week prescribing the classification and corresponding minimum buying price.
According to Rama, there are around 37,249 rice farmers in Palawan while the prevailing buying price of palay ranges from P8 to P13 per kilo.
The average production cost is P12.93 per kilo and P12.29 per kilo for inbred and hybrid palay.
“The above mentioned predicaments of rice farmers had continue for many years resulting to high poverty incidence among the farmers,” Rama said.
Rama also said that RA 7581 or the Price Act was enacted to protect the consumers from price manipulation, however, there is no law to protect the producers or the farmers from unreasonable low buying price of the palay.