FIVE years after the enactment of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), the Department of Agriculture (DA) has asked lawmakers to introduce amendments to the law, to include “empowering” the secretaries of the DA and Department of Trade and Industry to import rice under “specified conditions.” At a briefing with the…
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Among all the crops grown in the Philippines, rice is heavily favored in terms of the support it receives from the government. The increase in spending in agriculture in recent years has largely benefited the rice sector. Billions of pesos have been poured into activities that sought to increase rice…
THE National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) is open to extending the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) and using it for other sectors apart from rice. According to Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan, using the RCEF for other sectors may lead to higher productivity in other agriculture sectors and…