From 15 to just 7 days: Marcos eyeing to cut validation time for rice imports
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. revealed the government might slash by half the prescribed validation period for suspected smuggled rice shipments.
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Government aims to improve food production via geomapping
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the geomapping of agricultural lands in the country to optimize food production.
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Can the Marcos admin stop rice smuggling?
Figure this out: Philippine consumers are paying more for a kilogram of rice than any of our Asean neighbors, yet our rice farmers remain in the poorest sector in the country. There are many reasons why the sector is underperforming, which limits the income of farmers. But one major constraint that has been ravaging not only the rice sector but the country’s agriculture industry for the longest time is the unabated practice of smuggling.
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