Tobacco industry, business and civic leaders in La Union, meanwhile, praised Pichay for pushing for the control of tobacco importation to give local producers a break. PAFC members, composed of leaders of farmers cooperatives and grains dealers, also cited Pichay s measures in Congress aimed at cutting down importation of agricultural products. The pro-Pinoy Pichay has pointed out that the country s farming communities are reeling from the huge volume of farm products periodically dumped...

FTAs 'will hurt small farmers' Pawin Talerngsri, director for Agriculture and Environment at the Department of Trade Negotiations, says in a research paper that although farm output accounts for a small proportion of the nation's gross domestic product, the sector employs a majority of people. FOREIGN TRADE FTAs 'will hurt small farmers' Govt should step in - Commerce official The government should come up with concrete measures to assist small-scale farmers, who are likely to be adversely...

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Agung said that based on available data, national rice stocks until end of April 2007 at Bulog were recorded at 709 million tons. ANTARA News :: House urges Bulog to increase purchase of farmers' rice. House urges Bulog to increase purchase of farmers' rice. He said that Bulog should give attention to the problem in an effort to anticipate problems related to scarcity of food, shortage of rice stocks, rice price increases in the market, slow growth of the real sector and gloomy performance...