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PRESS RELEASES
Rice Stakeholders’ Statement
- March 3, 2010
Agriculture Secretary Yap urged to investigate rice price increase
- Jan. 11, 2010
Gov’t urged to accept Thai challenge, don’t sign new
ASEAN trade pact
- Oct. 25, 2009
Gov’t urged to access ASEAN rice reserve, intensify palay buying and production support
- Oct. 19, 2009
Rice NGO pushes for increased social protection for farmers
- Oct. 13, 2009
Rice NGOs push for climate change adaptation funds
- Oct. 5, 2009
Statement to the Agriculture Ministers Attending the WTO Mini-Ministerial Meeting in India
- Sept. 4, 2009
Farm losses reported due to climate change, uneven weather patterns
- 28 Aug., 2009
Civil society group, farmers opposed rice import liberalization under AFTA-CEPT
- June 16, 2009
House passed Corporate Farming bill; Solon, civil society urged Senate to drop the bill
- June 4, 2009
Stop the passage of House Bill 6073 or the Corporate Farming bill
- May 21, 2009
Civil society group, farmers opposed free rice importation in 2010 under AFTA-CEPT
- March 31, 2009
P2.5B agri stimulus fund to boost exports not poverty alleviation, says Rice NGO; Details of allocation sought
- Jan. 27, 2009
Senate urged review of 2009 agriculture budget on fertilizer and seeds subsidies amid Bolante investigation
- Nov. 18, 2008
Rice NGO hits DA's callous disregard to arrest corruption after 'Joc-joc'
Sept. 16, 2008
Farmers cry losses in palay production if P9/kilo buying price continues; urge NFA’s aggressive buying at farmgate price of P17/kilo
Sept. 15, 2008
Rice NGO urges NFA intervention in palay buying this harvest season to stop drop in palay prices
Sept. 7, 2008
Rice NGO presses on coherent agriculture and industrial trade policy in WTO, regional and bilateral trade agreements
August 6, 2008
Rice NGO blames US' extreme greed for the collapse of WTO talks; says 'No deal is better than a bad deal'
July 30, 2008
Farmers groups, NGOs urge WTO negotiators -- Reject farm deal if demands for imprt protection are not met
July 24, 2008
Rice NGO asks WB, IRRI, DBM pushing for imported rice instead of self-sufficiency-- How will you feed the people with soaring imported price?
April 21, 2008
Lifting of rice import restriction with lower import duties
will not guarantee low priced-rice, says Rice NGO
April 10, 2008
Farmers, civil society raise alarm on spending items for P5B farmers subsidy
April 4, 2008
Rice NGO raises alarm on rice importation by private sector
March 30, 2008
Farmers foresee worsening rice shortage; prices expected to soar to P40/kilo
March 26, 2008
Rice NGO hits Yap for failing to curb rice price hike, incoherent food policy
March 17, 2008
Rice NGO rejects US, Canada, other countries’ proposals on
Special Products and Special Safeguard Mechanism in WTO
March 12, 2008
STATEMENT on the Proposed Modalities for Special Products (SP) and Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM)
February 2008
Rice NGO raises alarm on DA plan for 3 rice cropping season Amid Greenpeace warning on excessive fertilizer
February 5, 2008
Rice NGO hits government's rice distribution to students this summer; Cites electioneering and potential fund anomaly
April 10, 2007
RP Rice NGO hits US press on WTO group of
developing countries
March 21, 2007
Local rice NGO defends local farmers in
WTO meeting in Jakarta
March 18, 2007
R1 statement on Lamy's visit
February 22, 2007
No sell out of farmers in meeting with WTO's Lamy, urged
February 22, 2007
Declining hybrid rice yield in China and Vietnam reported
February 15, 2007
NGO urgesYap not to sell out the farmers
in his meeting with WTO's Lamy
December 8, 2006
Letter to the editor on Lamy's visit
December 2006
Farmers' NGO dismayed on Yap's DA appointment
October 19, 2006
Rice NGO hits P4-5B NFA loss on tariffs,
increase in borrowings to pay DOF
October 16, 2006
Farmers NGO pushes additional P3.7B for agri budget
October 10, 2006
Government urged to extend the Quantitative Restrictions
on rice importation
October 5, 2006
Position Paper: Public hearing on the lifting of QR
on rice importation
October 5, 2006
Rice NGO fears GM rice contained in rice imports from US
September 4, 2006
Rice NGO raises alarm on rice price surge in 2008
August 17, 2006
Rice NGO says WTO talks collapse heralds Unbalanced bilateral trade agreements for RP
July 26, 2006
NGO hits DA for double talk on rice importation
July 17, 2006
Farmers' NGO wary on Tan's resignation from NFA Cites DA reorg primed for the election
January 7, 2006
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