'Tariff cuts could slash rice farmers' income by ₧8/kg' • Jasper Y. Arcalas
Planters could lose almost P8 per kilogram due to the decline in farmgate prices if the proposed reduction in tariff was approved, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). In its position paper submitted to the Tariff Commission, the DA expressed “reservation” in supporting the proposal by the private sector to reduce the tariff on