DAVAO CITY

A young boy joins a protest calling for food security. The leftist group Bayan says low supply of affordable rice is the result of land conversion. It calls for the immediate implementation of the Republic Act 7581or Price Act of 1992 and the legislation and approval of the Genuine Agrarian Reform Law. The Farmers Association of Davao City (FADC) also joined the picket outside the regional office of the Department of Agriculture against the high prices of rice and basic commodities. Farmers blame President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for the rice crisis that is currently plaguing the country. Click here for more photos. (davaotoday.com photos by Jonald Mahinay)

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