AGRICULTURAL groups on Sunday kept up their criticism of the government's move to lower rice import tariffs, claiming that it would only benefit importers and lower farmers' incomes.
AGRICULTURAL groups on Sunday kept up their criticism of the government's move to lower rice import tariffs, claiming that it would only benefit importers and lower farmers' incomes.'Ultimately, tariff reduction will put pressure to lower the farmgate price of palay to P17 per kilo in order to achieve the low price of rice,' Samahang Industriya ng Agri kultura Chairman Rosendo So said in a briefing.
It claimed that progress had already been made to lower rice prices after Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. and local millers and traders agreed to buy palay at a floor price of P25 per kilo, to be sold by the government between P35 to P40 per kilo.Dealings with the Department of Agriculture were already productive and positive, So said, so there was no reason for the NEDA's policy move.
Cuts To Only Benefit Importers Agri Groups Say
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