+ Follow SUFFICIENCY Tag
SUFFICIENCY
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[ArticleID] => 1093991
[Title] => Think tank: Age of 'cheap rice' from Asia is over
[Summary] => A development think tank says the era of "cheap rice" when technological advances drove down prices of Asia's staple food may be over, but that could be good news for farm laborers.
[DatePublished] => 2013-08-15 13:02:57
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[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1510042
[AuthorName] => Matthew Pennington
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
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[ArticleID] => 963689
[Title] => New NIA administrator assumes post
[Summary] => The new head of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Claro Maranan assumed his post yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2013-07-10 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1685860
[AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva
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[ArticleID] => 922469
[Title] => Gov’t on track to achieving rice sufficiency – Alcala
[Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) assured yesterday the public that the country is on track to achieving rice self sufficiency by the end of 2013 and that rice imports for 2013 – which will be used for buffer stock – will only be made within the country’s international commitments.
[DatePublished] => 2013-03-22 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 893267
[Title] => Cases rise against Aquino's rice sufficiency dream
[Summary] => President Benigno Aquino III declared 2013 the National Year of Rice to intensify the campaign to achieve rice self-sufficiency this year, despite warnings by international organizations and agriculture economists that the goal is unattainable and even imprudent.
[DatePublished] => 2013-01-04 14:30:00
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[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1212169
[AuthorName] => Camille Diola
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
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[ArticleID] => 834031
[Title] => Smuggling
[Summary] => Customs personnel the other day intercepted yet another major shipment of rice at the Subic port.
[DatePublished] => 2012-08-02 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134157
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804783
[AuthorName] => Alex Magno
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[ArticleID] => 550509
[Title] => Is food self-sufficiency the right goal?
[Summary] => During Manny Villar’s visit at the offices of Philippine Star, one of the things he said he will do quickly is get the country self-sufficient in food.
[DatePublished] => 2010-02-19 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133182
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804837
[AuthorName] => Boo Chanco
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
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[ArticleID] => 479472
[Title] => The rice factor
[Summary] => The recent rice crisis in the Asian region that saw prices skyrocket to record levels is once again changing the already complex production and trading relationships that affect the country’s self-sufficiency program and the calls for trade liberalization under ASEAN.
[DatePublished] => 2009-06-22 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133715
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1805279
[AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa
[SectionName] => Business
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[ArticleID] => 411084
[Title] => RP to be rice self-sufficient only by 2013
[Summary] => The Philippines is expected to attain rice self sufficiency only by 2013, three years later than the original target of ...
[DatePublished] => 2008-10-30 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097285
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
[SectionName] => Business
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[ArticleID] => 60654
[Title] => LGUs eyed in plan to hike rice output
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[DatePublished] => 2008-05-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097285
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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[ArticleID] => 295585
[Title] => Parting shot
[Summary] => The deed is done! By a vote of 158 in favor of the House justice committee report dismissing the complaints against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 51 against and 6 abstentions, the impeachment of GMA was pronounced dead. But whether GMA’s political crisis is behind her is still hotly debated.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-08 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134872
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1532288
[AuthorName] => MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr.
[SectionName] => Opinion
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