Rice farmers demand financial help

On the 5th, Toyama Prefecture announced that it had received more applications than expected for the rice gift in return for hometown tax donations, and that it was unable to send out about 900 items. It believes that the shortage of rice has caused a rise in prices, and that the rush to send out items at the end of the year was the cause of the flood. According to the prefecture's tax department, donors...

DA, NFA urged to monitor rice prices - BusinessWorld Online

THE government should closely monitor rice retail to prevent price gouging and stop traders from exploiting farmers who sell rice at low farmgate prices, a congressman said on Tuesday. In a statement, Quezon Rep. Wilfrido Mark M. Enverga urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) and National Food Authority (NFA) to step up its price monitoring activities and intervene to stabilize rice prices. “We need to ensure that our farmers earn a fair incom…

Rice farmers demand financial help

About 1,000 rice farmers gathered at the Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives and outside Government House on Tuesday seeking financial assistance amid low rice prices.

(Dan Tri) - The Prime Minister directed to increase inspection, supervision and monitoring of trading by businesses and traders to avoid taking advantage of the situation to force down prices, profiteering and unfair competition.

Rice Bowl marks 50 years of helping the hungry locally and overseas

SEATTLE — Rice Bowl, the Lenten sacrifice program with its recognizable small cardboard donation box, turns 50 this year. For half a century, Catholics in the United States have been invited to pray, fast and give alms to support programs that alleviate hunger both locally and internationally.“There’s clearly a commitment from the church of Western Washington, from the people in the pews all the way to the archbishop, for turning out for not onl…

Representative organizations of rice producers and millers expressed that they are surprised and confused by the news and complaints about alleged increases in the price of the grain. They pointed out that, if true, these increases could only be attributed to a disinformation campaign promoted by sectors seeking to obtain import quotas.