The Department of Agriculture (DA) stood pat on its stance to support the extension of lower tariffs on key commodities, arguing that the measure was “necessary” to stabilize prices in the market despite an uproar from agriculture stakeholders.
THE Department of Agriculture stood pat on its stance to support the extension of lower tariffs on key commodities, arguing that the measure was “necessary” to stabilize prices in the market despite an uproar from agriculture stakeholders. The biggest agricultural coalition stressed there is no shortage of food supply, “only exploitation” by some quarters, and lamented Malacañang’s decision to heed solely the advice of economic managers.
Sombilla emphasized that it is not only food producers that are affected by skyrocketing prices but also consumers and processors. “[We import] not to exceed what we really need, but to import enough so that we are able to fill up whatever deficits we have and help stabilize prices, and hopefully to reduce prices,” she said.
“We will work with the government and call on stakeholders to manage the value chain in order to lower the retail price for the consumers,” the group said in a statement on Wednesday. MEANWHILE, the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura on Wednesday lamented the issuance of EO 10, arguing that it was “unfortunate” that Marcos heeded the economic managers instead of listening to agricultural stakeholders. The group claimed that there is no pork deficit in the country as cold storages, based on government data, are overflowing with supply, majority of which are imported.
“Walang shortage, pero merong nagsasamantala [There is no shortage, but some people are exploiting the situation],” it said.
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