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“It would be prudent to get our economic managers and the DA to forecast our import requirements till 2028”
Vietnam has been our consistent supplier of rice, and, last January, we concluded a general supply agreement with it.While India is the biggest producer of rice, it also has 1.5 billion mouths to feed, and obviously needs to prioritize domestic needs.Thailand exports less, and prefers to sell its high-priced jasmine.
2. Make an honest to goodness assessment of lands best suited for rice, and shifting to crops which can give farmers better incomes; 5. With IRRI and UPLB, not to mention a professional DOST, we should be able to produce high-yielding, flood resistant, less water-consuming varieties of palay that will give our farmers better yield and higher margins;
8. The RTA should be amended to allow government to import instead of relinquishing the entire rice importation to the private sector. It does not matter which agency, even the OP itself, be given such authority to import. The staple is so vital that it cannot be left entirely to the private sector.
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