Soaring cost of rice makes life harder for Davao’s poor
By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE
Families are having a hard time coping with the increasing price of rice amidst the reported local and global supply shortage.
Planting Rice Is Never Fun. Now that rice prices almost double and rice supply continue to dwindle, militant farmers group Kilusang Magbubukid sa Pilipinas in Southern Mindanao agitate for increased NFA procurement of local rice and for government to dismantle existing rice cartel. More pictures here.
(davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
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