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NFA to put up years-old rice for bidding - July 30, 2011 Pinangangambahan ngayon ng grupong Rice Watch Action Network na nakalalason na ang lumang bigas na ilang taon nang nakatambak sa bodega ng National Food Authority. Ayon naman sa NFA, ipasusuri muna nila kung ligtas pa itong kainina bago nila ibenta. Magba-Bandila si Apples Jalandoni. Bandila, Hulyo 29, 2011, Biyernes.
11M sacks of rice rotting in NFA, farmers say - July 26, 2011 Kasama sa mga ibinida ni Pangulong Aquino sa kanyang State of the Nation Address ang pagbaba ng antas ng pag-angkat ng Pilipinas ng bigas mula sa ibang bansa. Pero sa kabila nito, ayon sa isang grupo ng magsasaka ay milyun-milyong sako ng bigas pa rin ang nakatambak at nabubulok sa bodega ng NFA. Magba-Bandila si Abner Mercado. Bandila, Hulyo 25, 2011, Lunes
Judicious spending of higher 2012 agri budget urged Rice Watch and Action Network welcomes Rep. Mitos Magsaysay's “Bearing in mind the increase in budget accorded to the agriculture
ADDRESSING EMERGING FOOD CRISIS Aurora Alarde-Regalado, Hazel Tanchuling, Jessica Reyes-Cantos
WE HAVEN’T really gotten over the impact of the 2008 food crisis, and yet another one is unfolding. Global food prices have hit record levels, largely driven by soaring prices of cereals, meat and dairy products. (See sidebar.) Crude prices have also surged amid the conflict in North Africa and protests in the Middle East. Rising fuel costs mean higher prices of essential commodities, transport and, of course, food. The emerging food crisis is not immediately attributable to rice but more to wheat and sugar. Buffer rice stocks from 2009 to 2010 rose significantly in many countries, including Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, showing that rice security was of utmost concern to the region. Civil Society and Farmers Proposal: Integration of sustainable rice production system in the FIELDS program RATIONALE
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.
Rice Farmers' Consultation The Rice Watch and Action Network (R1) and the National Rice Farmers’ Council (NRFC) held a 2-day consultation at the Balay Kalinaw, University of the Philippines – Diliman on November 17-18, 2009. |
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RICE NFA to buy more palay from farmers House opposition member, group seel funds for agri office - Sept. 10, 2011 Hungry for Rice - July 25, 2011 Feeding the Filipino - July 25, 2011 Much Ado About Hybrid - July 25, 2011 Group says 11 million sacks of rice rotting in NFA warehouses - July 22, 2011 11M bags of imported rice at NFA 'unfit for humans' - July 22, 2011 NGO calls for rice watch - July 22, 2011 Small scale farmers can help in climate adaptation - June 21, 2011 DA's food security bid gets boost - June 10, 2011 DA set to review WTO protection on PHL rice - June 7, 2011 Senate rice probe welcomed - Jan. 22, 2011 National Rice Board formed - Dec. 6, 2010 National Rice Board formed to ensure self-sufficiency - Dec. 5, 2010 NGO seeks higher NFA budget - Nov. 10, 2010 Higher DA budget urged - Oct. 26, 2010 NGOs seek additional P17B for DA - Oct. 25, 2010 Magsasaka umapela na i-dispose ang sobrang NFA rice - July 31, 2010 Farmers' group presses disposal of excess rice - July 31, 2010 Farmers ask NFA to distribute rice before it gets rotten - July 31, 2010 NFA urged to sell rice at lower prices - July 31, 2011 NFA asked to dispose of excess rice stocks - July 31, 2010 DA chief to reduce rice imports, raise subsidies - July 5, 2010 DA urged to scrap hybrid rice subsidy - July 5, 2010 Experts concur with DA chief: Rice self-sufficiency in 3 years - July 4, 2010 Review food sufficiency strategy now - April 28, 2010 Glaring contradictions in rice importation - March 11, 2010 Rice importation ‘premature’ - March 7, 2010 No water, no rice - Feb. 26, 2010 RP-Thailand rice deal could be inked next month - Jan. 24, 2010 Gov't urged to stabilize rice prices - Jan. 12, 2010 Farmers dare Yap to look into 'rice overpricing' - Jan. 11, 2010 Gov't action sought to stabilize rice prices - Jan. 11, 2010 Gov't extends hybrid rice seed subsidy to 1st quarter - Nov. 2, 2009 Hybrid-rice subsidy available until 2010 ASEAN plans rice reserve mechanism Don't slash rice tariff yet - Oct. 25, 2009 Rice farmers ask government to take tough stance on Asean - Oct. 25, 2009
TRADE G-33 Submission on the SSM: Seasonality, Communication by the G-33 - Feb. 5, 2010 Philippine Statement
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