MANILA: The Philippines, among the world’s largest rice importers, declared on Monday a food security emergency to bring down the cost of rice, which it said has stayed elevated despite lower global prices and a reduction in rice tariffs last year.
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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) declared on Monday, February 3, a food security emergency on rice after the National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) determined that there was an extraordinary increase in rice prices amid tariff reduction and decline in global prices. Under a food security emergency, the National Food Authority can sell rice buffer stocks to local governments, making cheap NFA rice more accessible to co…

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