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Civil society group, farmers opposed rice import liberalization under AFTA-CEPT  
- June 16, 2009

Rice Watch and Action Network (R1) and farmers belonging to different organizations opposed the reduction of the tariff rate of rice as the government prepares to phase in the country’s staple from the Highly Sensitive List (HSL) to the Inclusion List (IL) in the Asean Free Trade Area Preferential Tariff Scheme or AFTA-CEPT in 2010.

In a hearing of the Tariff Commission today, the groups proposed for a moratorium of the inclusion of rice pending the successful implementation of the government’s FIELDS program that was touted to bring the country to rice self-sufficiency by 2013.

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Civil Society and Farmers Proposal: Integration of sustainable rice production system in the FIELDS program

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The civil society and farmers proposethat sustainable rice production system be given equal importance and opportunities in the government's rice self-sufficiency program until 2010. Providing equal political and material support to the following proposals was deemed critical at this point. The agriculture department's banner programs that are dependent on commercially-developed hybrid rice seedsand focused on chemical-based farm inputs were proven tobe the killer factors that greatly contributed to this nationwide rice crisis and failing income of the rice farmers.

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RETHINKING FOOD SECURITY: How will you feed a nation like the Philippines?

Jessica Reyes-Cantos

 

People have been knocking their heads off trying to answer the question of the hour:  Is there a rice supply shortage?  The government assures us that there is an adequate supply—the problem is merely high rice prices. So why would prices rise if there is adequate supply in the first place?  It simply doesn't fit in with the Economics 11 that I learned from my Professor back then, Solita Monsod. 

Whatever it is, the fact is, our domestic rice production has long been insufficient to feed our people.  And we have been making up for our production "shortfall" by importing an average of 1.2 million metric tons the past seven years, or roughly 10 percent of what we consume.  In the past, it was much cheaper to import the shortfall, but in late 2007, there was already an uptick in prices.  Beginning this year though, the price has grown by leaps and bounds and is even projected to hit $1,000 per metric ton within the year, up from $430 per metric ton in the beginning of 2008.

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News & Reports

 

RICE

Farmers buck rice import duty cut - June 17, 2009

Govt now deliberating tariff rate reduction for rice under AFTA-CEPT Economy - June 16, 2009

RP starts hearings on lower tariff reduction for rice under AFTA Economy - June 15, 2009

Group opposes liberalization of rice imports in RP - April 1, 2009

Philippines expects bigger rice harvest amid global crisis - March 10, 2009

R1 wants details of stimulus fund for agri revealed - Jan. 27, 2009

P2.5B Agri Stimulus Fund to Boost Exports Not Poverty Alleviation, Says Rice NGO; Details of Allocation Sought - Jan. 27, 2009

Gov't shoud increase social spending during economic crisis, says Briones - Dec. 5, 2008

Contrived Savings Escape Audit - Dec. 5, 2008

Watch '09 agri inputs budget, Senate urged - Nov. 20, 2008

Senate urged to review agriculture budget - Nov. 19, 2008

NGO accuses government of overimporting rice - Oct. 14, 2008

NFA urged to buy more rice from farmers - Sept. 23, 2008

Farmers urge NFA to buy more palay at P17/kilo - Sept. 23, 2008

Gov't should purchase palay at higher prices to aid planters - Sept. 22, 2008

Use DA fund hike to aid farmers - Sept. 17, 2008

Solons grill agri chiefd over rice scam - Sept. 17, 2008

Group wants probe into irregularities in DA, says Yap accountable - Sept. 16, 2008

NFA urged to buy more palay to stop price drop - Sept. 9, 2008

Rice NGO calls for NFA intervention in palay buying - Sept. 8, 2008

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TRADE

WTO Committee on Agriculture Special Session: Revised Draft Modalities for Agriculture - Dec. 6, 2008

WTO Committee on Agriculture Special Session: Revised Draft Modalities for Agriculture Sensitive Products: Tarriff Quota Creation - Dec. 6, 2008

WTO Committee on Agriculture Special Session: Revised Draft Modalities for Agriculture Sensitive Products: Designation - Dec. 6, 2008

WTO Committee on Agriculture Special Session: Revised Draft Modalities for Agriculture Special Safeguard Mechanism - Dec. 6, 2008

WTO Committee on Agriculture Special Session: Fourth Revision of Draft Modalities for Non-Agricultural Market Access - Dec. 6, 2008

G-33 Coordinator Statement General Council Meeting - Oct. 14, 2008

RP needs to review current trade commitments - Aug. 7, 2008

RP should go back to drawing table on WTO issues, say analyst, NGOs - Aug. 7, 2008

TWN, Trade: Developing countries call to reassess Doha priorities after talks fail - July 31, 2008

US, rich nations blamed for collapse of WTO talks - July 30, 2008

Groups alarmed that RP negotiators in WTO talks didn't get directions from Malacañang - July 23, 2008

Farmers threatened by proposal to make food imports cheaper - July 22, 2008

Revised Draft Modalities for Agriculture, Third Revision - July 10, 2008

Draft Modalities for Non-Agricultural Market Access, Third Revision - July 10, 2008

G-33 Statement Informal TNC - June 27, 2008

Revised Draft Modalities for Agriculture, Second Revision - May 19, 2008

TIP/IATP, Is the Time Right for a DOHA Deal? - April 15, 2008

G-33 Coordinator Statement on SPs Counter Proposal - April 11, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

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