Rice price impact balance needed

By Jenica Faye Garcia

Aug 28, 2023 12:37 am

THE ability of consumers to access food at affordable prices must also be considered amid higher prices of palay (unmilled rice) benefiting local farmers, a top official of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham) said.

AmCham Agribusiness Committee Chairman Christopher Matthew Ilagan also told The Manila Times that the key to providing affordable food for consumers is for farmers to produce more volume from the same area of land.

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