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                    [Title] => Farmers: Rice tariff cut a stab in the back
                    [Summary] => Cutting rice tariffs to 15 percent is a stab in the back of the country’s three million rice farmers and the grain industry, according to the Federation of Free Farmers. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-06-06 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Bella Cariaso
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                    [Title] => ‘Rice farmers to lose P33 billion from lower tariffs’
                    [Summary] => Local rice farmers stand to lose P33 billion if the tariffs on imported rice are further reduced, as this is expected to translate to lower farmgate prices, an industry group said.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-05-31 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1375272
                    [AuthorName] => Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas
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                    [Title] => Wholesale price of rice up by P1 per kilo
                    [Summary] => The wholesale price of rice has gone up by P1 per kilo or P50 per 50-kilo sack amid the continued upward trend in the retail cost of the grains, Federation of Free Farmers  national chairman Raul Montemayor said yesterday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-12-21 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1807714
                    [AuthorName] => Bella Cariaso
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                    [Title] => Rice crisis could be worse in 2024 – farmers’ group
                    [Summary] => The rice crisis could be worse in 2024 amid the continued spike in the retail price of the grain despite the harvest season, farmers’ group Federation of Free Farmers  national chairman Raul Montemayor warned yesterday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-12-15 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Bella Cariaso
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                    [Title] => Marcos orders review of proposals for solar-powered irrigation program
                    [Summary] => President Marcos has ordered a review of proposals from an alliance of farmers for a nationwide solar-powered irrigation program, and for the establishment of a farm-to-market digital integrated backbone as well as of an electronic commodity exchange system to enable farmers to sell their products directly to buyers in urban areas.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-10-27 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1807714
                    [AuthorName] => Bella Cariaso
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                    [Title] => ‘Retail prices of rice can surpass 1998 crisis level’
                    [Summary] => The present high retail prices of rice are comparable to the 1998 rice crisis and can even surpass that level amid the continued spike in prices of the grains, Federation of Free Farmers national manager Raul Montemayor said yesterday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-08-11 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1807714
                    [AuthorName] => Bella Cariaso
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                    [Title] => Group doubts easier credit access with changes in Agri-Agra Law
                    [Summary] => The proposed changes to Republic Act  10000 or Agri-Agra Reform Credit Act of 2009 will not ensure easier access to formal credit for small farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries,  according to the Federation of Free Farmers.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-03-06 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Catherine Talavera
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                    [Title] => Balik-Senado ni Chiz inendorso ng grupo ng magsasaka
                    [Summary] => Nagdeklara ng pagsuporta ang may 200,000 miyembro ng Federation of Free Farmers para kay Sorsogon Gov. Chiz Escudero na kumakandidato sa Halalan 2022 para sa bagong anim na taong termino sa Senado.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-02-18 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804810
                    [AuthorName] => Gemma Garcia
                    [SectionName] => Bansa
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                    [ArticleID] => 2130343
                    [Title] => Removal of government subsidies on crop insurance to discourage farmers
                    [Summary] => The proposal to remove the government’s insurance premium subsidies from the programs of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. will discourage farmers from securing crop insurance.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-09-29 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805144
                    [AuthorName] => Catherine Talavera
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                    [Title] => ‘Rice traders gain P51 billion  windfall profits from RTL’
                    [Summary] => Local farmers are claiming that traders and importers managed to corner P51.5 billion in windfall profits during the first year of the opening up of the rice industry to cheap imports.
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-08-27 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1475310
                    [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
                    [SectionName] => Business
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Farmers: Rice tariff cut a stab in the back

By Bella Cariaso | June 6, 2024 - 12:00am

Cutting rice tariffs to 15 percent is a stab in the back of the country’s three million rice farmers and the grain industry,...

Headlines

‘Rice farmers to lose P33 billion from lower tariffs’

By Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas | May 31, 2024 - 12:00am

Local rice farmers stand to lose P33 billion if the tariffs on imported rice are further reduced, as this is expected to translate...

Business

Wholesale price of rice up by P1 per kilo

By Bella Cariaso | December 21, 2023 - 12:00am

The wholesale price of rice has gone up by P1 per kilo or P50 per 50-kilo sack amid the continued upward trend in the retail...

Headlines

Rice crisis could be worse in 2024 – farmers’ group

By Bella Cariaso | December 15, 2023 - 12:00am

The rice crisis could be worse in 2024 amid the continued spike in the retail price of the grain despite the harvest season,...

Headlines

Marcos orders review of proposals for solar-powered irrigation program

By Bella Cariaso | October 27, 2023 - 12:00am

President Marcos has ordered a review of proposals from an alliance of farmers for a nationwide solar-powered irrigation program,...

Headlines

‘Retail prices of rice can surpass 1998 crisis level’

By Bella Cariaso | August 11, 2023 - 12:00am

The present high retail prices of rice are comparable to the 1998 rice crisis and can even surpass that level amid the continued...

Headlines

Group doubts easier credit access with changes in Agri-Agra Law

By Catherine Talavera | March 6, 2022 - 12:00am

The proposed changes to Republic Act 10000 or Agri-Agra Reform Credit Act of 2009 will not ensure easier access to formal credit for small farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries, according to the Federation...

Business

Balik-Senado ni Chiz inendorso ng grupo ng magsasaka

By Gemma Garcia | February 18, 2022 - 12:00am

Nagdeklara ng pagsuporta ang may 200,000 miyembro ng Federation of Free Farmers para kay Sorsogon Gov. Chiz Escudero na kumakandidato...

Bansa

Removal of government subsidies on crop insurance to discourage farmers

By Catherine Talavera | September 29, 2021 - 12:00am

The proposal to remove the government’s insurance premium subsidies from the programs of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. will discourage farmers from securing crop insurance.

Business

‘Rice traders gain P51 billion windfall profits from RTL’

By Louise Maureen Simeon | August 27, 2020 - 12:00am

Local farmers are claiming that traders and importers managed to corner P51.5 billion in windfall profits during the first...

Business