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Farmers want to distribute PL480 rice for benefit of cooperatives.(Business News)
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Manila Bulletin
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March 25, 2008
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Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA
A group of rice farmers is asking government to allow them to distribute imported rice from the United States' PL480 program which will benefit 1,000 rice farmers' cooperatives nationwide and enhance their competitiveness.
The National Food Authority (NFA) which takes custody and distribution function of the rice under the US commodity loan program can conduct a bidding of the rice which must be participated by farmers' cooperatives, according to 11 Central Luzon-based farmers' cooperatives in a letter to US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie A. Kenney.
The access of Filipino rice farmers on this imported rice will give them a chance ...
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