THE Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday urged the government to stop depending on rice imports and help improve farmers’ output and incomes instead.
According to Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol, such reliance results in rice smuggling, which has plunged some parts of the country, particularly Zamboanga City and the island-provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi—collectively called Zambasulta—into a rice crisis.
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