Agri lobby organization Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag) has scored the Duterte management over plans to scrap farmers’ safety from cheap imported rice, saying the elimination of the quantitative limit (QR) on rice imports will now not result in decrease charges of the staple food, while the authorities stays firm in its decision to let the import issue expire next June.
In a statement, Sinag Chairperson Rosendo So stated the liberalization of the agriculture sector because the mid 90’s noticed the dumping of agriculture imports however it did not bring about the lowering of costs of maximum, if no longer all, agriculture products.
“The garlic industry, with almost eighty five-ninety percentage of our deliver sourced from out of doors, did not bring about the decreasing of the prices of garlic,” So said, debunking claims by way of the National Economic Development Authority that greater rice imports equals lower retail expenses
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