DA told to follow the law and follow safeguard measures vs. rice imports 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Madelaine MiraflorThe Department of Agriculture (DA) was told to follow the law and implement safeguard measures versus rice imports, following the agency’s announcement that rice farmers will instead be given P5,000 cash assistance for bearing the brunt of the influx of imported rice in the country. You don’t kill 3.5 million rice farmers to save 100 million consumers. “The plan to raise the tariffs on rice imports is not their choice. DA’s new plan is to distribute a one-time cash assistance of P5,000 each to rice farmers who own one hectare of farm and below.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 20, 2019 04:07 UTC