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                    [Title] => News Analysis: China-developed hybrid rice to help Phl achieve rice self-sufficiency
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By using the hybrid rice technology successfully developed by China, the Philippines, one of the world's largest rice importers, could become self- sufficient in the staple food and could even start exporting rice to other countries.

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The National Rice program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) condemned yesterday a proposal to abolish the National Food Authority (NFA) and scrap the quantitative restriction (QR) on rice imports.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 802312 [Title] => Phl may hike contribution to emergency rice reserves [Summary] =>

The Philippines is looking to increase its contribution to a strategic emergency rice reserve in the region in the coming years as it achieves self-sufficiency in the production of the crop.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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