Aquino: PH self-sufficient in rice by end of year
By Doris C. Dumlao
President Benigno Aquino sees the Philippines, the world’s largest importer of rice, attaining full self-sufficiency and even turning into an exporter before this year is over.
President Benigno Aquino sees the Philippines, the world’s largest importer of rice, attaining full self-sufficiency and even turning into an exporter before this year is over.
Two years after the previous administration was forced to import more than 2 million metric tons of rice to fill a shortage, President Aquino on Thursday declared the Philippines on the road to self-sufficiency in the staple and thus no longer needing to import the grain by next year.
