Marcos: PH to import 4.5M tons of rice as agriculture reels from typhoons
President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. sees an increase in rice importation amid the onslaught of typhoons that devastated the agricultural sector. “Unfortunately, I just received a report from the DA (Department of Agriculture). Mukhang madadagdagan ang importation natin. We will import close to 4.5 million tons, that"s the estimate.. It was 3.9 million tons last year,” Marcos, Jr. told reporters after the situation briefing on typhoon Pepito.
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President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. sees an increase in rice importation amid the onslaught of typhoons that devastated the agricultural sector. “Unfortunately, I just received a report from the DA (Department of Agriculture). Mukhang madadagdagan ang importation natin. We will import close to 4.5 million tons, that"s the estimate.. It was 3.9 million tons last year,” Marcos, Jr. told reporters after the situation briefing on typhoon Pepito.
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