+ Follow Federation of Free Farmers Tag
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[Title] => Farmers warn of rice crisis
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[Title] => FFF sees no additional benefits in extending rice tariffs
[Summary] => The Federation of Free Farmers is urging President Marcos to reject the proposal of economic managers to extend low tariffs on imported rice until next year as it is seen non-beneficial to the country with rice exporting countries cutting shipments and raising tariffs.
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[Title] => FFF proposes farmers’ advisory council for coco levy trust fund
[Summary] => The Federation of Free Farmers is proposing the creation of a farmers advisory council to give small coconut farmers wider participation in the management of the coco levy trust fund.
[DatePublished] => 2021-04-06 00:00:00
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[Title] => Additional rice imports to send wrong signal to farmers – FFF
[Summary] => Farmers may be at the losing end anew as the government plans to import an additional 300,000 metric tons of rice via government-to-government scheme, even as the Department of Agriculture encourages local rice farmers to continue planting.
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[Title] => Farmers dispute government claims on huge drop in rice prices
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[Title] => ‘Safeguard duties on rice unlikely to push prices up’
[Summary] => Local consumers will not feel the burden of higher prices of rice even if the government imposes safeguard duties on imports.
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[Title] => Rice imports management key to stem falling prices
[Summary] => The government is being urged to focus on the root cause of declining palay (unhusked rice) prices instead of relying on palliative measures that are either too expensive or ineffective.
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[Title] => Farmers lose P40 B as palay prices drop
[Summary] => Local farmers lost P40 billion in the first half of the year due to the significant drop in palay prices following the entry of more cheap imported rice, according to the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF).
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[Title] => Hurt by import surge, farmers seek anti-dumping duties
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[Title] => Farmers refute claims rice liberalization has lowered rice prices
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[Title] => FFF sees no additional benefits in extending rice tariffs
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[Title] => FFF proposes farmers’ advisory council for coco levy trust fund
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[Title] => Additional rice imports to send wrong signal to farmers – FFF
[Summary] => Farmers may be at the losing end anew as the government plans to import an additional 300,000 metric tons of rice via government-to-government scheme, even as the Department of Agriculture encourages local rice farmers to continue planting.
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[Title] => Rice imports management key to stem falling prices
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[Title] => Farmers lose P40 B as palay prices drop
[Summary] => Local farmers lost P40 billion in the first half of the year due to the significant drop in palay prices following the entry of more cheap imported rice, according to the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF).
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[Title] => Hurt by import surge, farmers seek anti-dumping duties
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[Title] => Farmers refute claims rice liberalization has lowered rice prices
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