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Agriculture Assistant Secretary Segfredo Serrano said extending the ACEF program is critical in delivering the government’s promise of providing farmers safety nets when it committed to liberalize agricultural trade.


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P5.1-B ACEF balance seen to revert to National Treasury

By Rocel Felix | April 13, 2005 - 12:00am

The largely unutilized P5.1-billion Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) which expired last month will likely be reverted back to the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) after the Senate committee on agriculture...

Business

‘Free-for-all’ rice importation needs Congress OK — exec

By Rocel Felix | December 29, 2003 - 12:00am

The government’s plan to adopt a "free-for-all" policy in rice importation that will allow the private sector such as farmers and traders to bring in rice at unlimited volumes needs Congressional approval,...

Business

DA pushes measure extending life of ACEF to 2015

By Rocel Felix | December 23, 2003 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is asking Congress to fasttrack the passage of the proposed bill stretching the life span of the highly-unutilized Agriculture Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) until 2015. Agriculture...

Business