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THE leader of the agricultural group Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. on Friday said traders are taking advantage of rice farmers hit by Super Typhoon "Karding" by buying palay (unhusked rice) from them for as low as P13 per kilo.
In an interview with The Manila Times, the group's president Danilo Fausto also said while many farmers in Nueva Ecija province in Central Luzon (Region 3) were able to save a portion of their palay harvests, they are now at the mercy of the traders.
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