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Do not quote me on this. But I was told that importing rice (the legal way, via NFA) is big money for those who give the permit. Smuggling is when you import rice without passing through the NFA. I was told that it cost millions to get permit to import.
Thus the agencies involved in rice would always say there is shortage to resort to importation (we really do not know if there is a shortage, if there is is it a scenario build up so that some people would earn more?)
They would even engage the rice farmers to denounce smuggling so as to check the smugglers (those who do not pass through the proper channels to pay the correct tong.) You know...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Why do we Have to Import Rice?
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From the looks of it we do not have to:
l. Large tracts of land are available for planting. Some say that there are about 8 million hectares arable land in the country. Only l million hectares is planted.
2. There is high yielding rice variety discovered under the auspices of a Chinese businessman that yields 300 cavans to a hectare. His seeds however are exported to countries from where we buy rice. The prophet, is not recognized in his hometown
3. Large areas in Mindanao and Visayas are available for rice planting. They seldom experience typhoon there.
So why do we have to import rice:
l. DA has to be more effective. Large budget is allocated to rice production/productivity;
2. It is more profitable to import rice for the rice traders? the government buying agencies, and the political lords/businessmen in the province who control rice.
Food security is an important issue we have to face sooner or later; our population is growing; Thailand rice now caost $600.00/metric ton compared to previous $400.00/metric ton. China is not exporting.
So what do we do next.?
From the looks of it we do not have to:
l. Large tracts of land are available for planting. Some say that there are about 8 million hectares arable land in the country. Only l million hectares is planted.
2. There is high yielding rice variety discovered under the auspices of a Chinese businessman that yields 300 cavans to a hectare. His seeds however are exported to countries from where we buy rice. The prophet, is not recognized in his hometown
3. Large areas in Mindanao and Visayas are available for rice planting. They seldom experience typhoon there.
So why do we have to import rice:
l. DA has to be more effective. Large budget is allocated to rice production/productivity;
2. It is more profitable to import rice for the rice traders? the government buying agencies, and the political lords/businessmen in the province who control rice.
Food security is an important issue we have to face sooner or later; our population is growing; Thailand rice now caost $600.00/metric ton compared to previous $400.00/metric ton. China is not exporting.
So what do we do next.?
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