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The Department of Agriculture (DA) will distribute P5,000 in cash subsidies to 600,000 rice farmers to help them with their needs during the extended enhanced community quarantine. “Our rice farmers will receive it as a direct cash transfer that they can use to buy either farm inputs, food for their families or anything they need,” […]
During the press conference updating the public on the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez lauded the “game-changing” measure for bringing down retail prices of regular milled rice and well-milled rice to a seven-year low since the start of its implementation last March 5, 2019.“From the DTI perspective, we are always after the […]
The government was able to raise P14 billion from tariffs on rice imports during the first year of the implementation of the rice tariffication law (RTL). During the RTL’s anniversary celebration in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, Department of Finance (DOF) Executive Assistant Renzo Enrico Blanco said the government collected P12.31 billion in 2019, and P1.71 billion […]
At the start of the planting season this year, Senator Kiko Panglinan issued a strong appeal implement the Sagip Saka Law quickly and efficiently to aid farmers adversely affected by the Rice Tariffication Law. Pangilinan made the call as two major farmers’ groups predicted a decline in the willingness of the country’s farmers to plant […]
The government has awarded a one-time P5,000 cash assistance to each of some 500 farmers in Mangatarem, Pangasinan under the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance Program (RFFAP). Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the unconditional cash transfer, which was sourced from rice import tariffs, is available to farmers who are tilling 0.5 – 2 hectares of farmland. […]
Senator Imee Marcos has assured rice farmers of P6.9 billion in additional aid by December, in the form of palay purchases or cash, using undisbursed funds from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Marcos allayed fears that a memorandum of agreement among the DSWD, Department of Agriculture and National Food Authority to purchase […]
Unscrupulous traders may be one of the reasons why farmers cannot feel the full effects of the Rice Tariffication Law, a Palace official said. Amid farmer groups’ complaints that the law had led to falling farm gate prices of palay, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles maintained that the law serves a good purpose and that abusive […]
In line with the implementation of one of the components of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), Agriculture Secretary William Dar has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with seed growers’ associations and cooperatives in the country to ensure the supply of high-quality inbred rice seeds. “Yes, RCEF is now rolling out and October 1 […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) sealed a partnership for a strengthened coordination and mutual advisory assistance on competition concerns given the agriculture sector’s primary importance on consumer welfare and inclusive development. “This has been a much-anticipated partnership that puts the PCC and the DA at the forefront of inclusive […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar has assured that safeguards are in place, such as increasing tariff on imports, against over importation of rice as one of the measures to stabilize the supply and price of the commodity. This, as the Department of Agriculture (DA) has started the investigation on the excessive importation of rice particularly with the […]