A research group bats for reducing rice servings to half-a-cup to cut wastage which totals P7 billion annually.
MANILA — The Philippines wastes around P7.2 billion worth of rice annually, the Philippine Rice Research Institute said on Thursday, which was why they urged the public to only get what they could eat on the table.
"Some of the provinces actually and cities, restaurants in the cities and provinces partnered with us to make sure that we could have a default serving of half cup of rice para hindi sayang iyong ano… maiwasan natin ang wastage," she added. "Kasi ang lagi rin nilang sinasabi, mas maganda kung national iyong law para at least kahit saan ka man pumunta, alam mo na dapat magsi-serve sila ng half," said Antonio.
"Businesses ito, that’s their right but we also have to create that awareness that there is much wastage happening," Barroga said. High rice prices prompted President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. in September to impose a price cap on two rice types.
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