The spokesman of Filipino farmers, Ka Rene Cerilla of PAKISAMA, lamented that farmers are never consulted, much less invited to significant policy-making meetings. READ:
The spokesman of Filipino farmers, Ka Rene Cerilla of PAKISAMA, lamented that farmers are never consulted, much less invited to significant policy-making meetings. He was one of the panelist-reactors at the “21st Jaime V. Ongpin memorial lecture on Public Service in Business and Government” held last October at the Ateneo de Manila University Law School. The others were Prof. Edgardo Valenzuela of the Ateneo School of Government and Mr.
Inevitably, the Rice Tariffication Law was brought up. Ten billion pesos in tariffs from rice imports are earmarked for the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund , anything in excess is ostensibly for the Rice Farmer Financial Assistance . From 2019-2021, ₱46.6 billion was reported to have gone to the farming sector.
Single commodity system approach: 74 percent of land is dedicated to the single commodity production approach by rice, coconut and corn farmers. We need value chain processing, marketing and other income generating activities.
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