{"id":7594,"date":"2023-09-05T09:56:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T09:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/?p=7594"},"modified":"2023-09-05T09:57:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T09:57:06","slug":"solon-files-bill-seeking-to-keep-rice-affordable-profitable-for-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/solon-files-bill-seeking-to-keep-rice-affordable-profitable-for-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Solon files bill seeking to keep rice affordable, profitable for farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-19.png 750w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-19-600x360.png 600w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-19-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 5) \u2014<\/strong>&nbsp;A lawmaker is proposing the creation of a fund that will provide subsidies to farmers to ensure rice remains affordable, while tillers also earn profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to CNN Philippines\u2019&nbsp;<em>The Source<\/em>&nbsp;on Tuesday, Agri Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee said his House Bill 9020 or the proposed Cheaper Rice Act aims to ensure the staple grain remains affordable for the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have to buy palay from farmers directly<em>&nbsp;na may kita &#8216;yung<\/em>&nbsp;farmers [at a rate that farmers earn profit] and sell low to the consumers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the bill, the Price Stabilization Fund will be used for payouts and subsidies for the country\u2019s 2.6 million rice farmers. Aside from ensuring profits for rice farmers and reasonable prices for consumers, the fund also wants to encourage the entry of new farmers, and to help increase a strategic buffer stock for the country that would discourage hoarding and unscrupulous speculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee said that as long as the government is willing to provide such investments for farmers, the \u20b120 per kilo campaign promise of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. can be achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have to make our local farmers as our food security soldiers,\u201d the congressman emphasized. \u201cThe government has to really allot money every year for this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcos, who is also the agriculture chief, approved last week a price cap for regular milled rice at \u20b141.00 per kilogram and for well-milled rice at \u20b145.00 per kilogram after the government detected a price surge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to its implementation on Sept. 5, some retailers urged authorities to defer the regulation due to possible losses they will incur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee welcomed the decision of Marcos, but noted this is only a temporary solution. The government should also actively monitor markets since there is a possibility that retailers will temporarily stop selling due to losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked if Marcos should remain as the secretary of agriculture, Lee said as long as agriculture remains a priority for the president then he can keep the position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 5) \u2014&nbsp;A lawmaker is proposing the creation of a fund that will provide subsidies to farmers to ensure rice remains affordable, while tillers also earn profit. Speaking to CNN Philippines\u2019&nbsp;The Source&nbsp;on Tuesday, Agri Party-list Rep. 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