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IT’S WRONG TO CLAIM THAT RICE TARRIFICATION IS DISADVANTAGEOUS – VILLAR

Senator Cynthia Villar defended the Rice Tariffication Law anew, as she stressed that government will appropriate P10 billion in an annual agricultural fund to help ease the effects of World Trade Organization-governed rice importation on local production. Villar said that should the Executive Department reneges on its pledge to put up the fund, she would […]

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PREPARE FARMERS ON RICE TARIFFICATION LAW WITH PRODUCTIVITY, MECHANIZATION TRAINING PROGRAMS – VILLAR

Senator Cynthia Villar welcomed participants and government officials to the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance (Villar SIPAG) Farm School in Bacoor, Cavite for the launching of the Program to Improve Rice Productivity and Mechanization for Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Organizations. The program was launched to prepare for the implementation of the law amending […]