Despite being known as an agricultural country, the Philippines is now facing serious drawbacks in the agricultural sector particularly the rice industry in the midst of the implementation of the rice liberalization law. The major staple food which Filipino farmers have cultivated from time immemorial and which serve as their Read more…
Scientist group AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People slams the National Food Authority’s proposed increase in the price of NFA rice, saying that it will only aggravate the situation of the poor. According to various news sources, the NFA has recently announced that it will increase Read more…
AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People is deeply concerned over the recent rice weevil infestation of about 330,000 bags of imported rice loaded at the Subic Bay and the Tabaco City, Albay Freeports. We urge the Duterte administration to immediately strengthen control and monitoring mechanisms on Read more…
We at AGHAM-Advocates of Science and Technology for the People denounce the Duterte government’s band aid solution to the rice crisis as this will not be resolved under a liberalized rice industry. In light of the rice shortage crisis, the President announced Thursday that it already gave the approval for Read more…
Scientist group AGHAM slams the Duterte government’s band aid solution to the rice crisis, saying that the problem will not be resolved under a liberalized rice industry. In light of the rice shortage crisis, the President announced Thursday that it already gave the approval for the 250,000 MT standby rice Read more…