MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines will no longer need to import rice next year, President Aquino declared on Thursday during the launch of the Department of Agriculture’s food staple sufficiency conference.
“Next year, we’d no longer import rice because we’re already rice self-sufficient,” President Aquino said two years after he assumed office and after the Arroyo administration imported millions of tons of rice toward the end of its term due to a rice shortage.
President Aquino said Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala credited the government’s irrigation program and use of certified seeds for the milestone in the administration’s food supply program.
President Aquino also said the Philippines could even export rice if the weather permits.-Philippine Daily Inquirer (July 05, 2012 2:18PM)
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