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Philippines Rice Production Challenges

The document discusses rice production and consumption in the Philippines. While the Philippines is one of the world's largest rice producers, domestic production is not enough to meet demand from the country's growing population. As a result, the Philippines has long imported rice from other countries. The rice tariff law liberalized rice imports by removing import quotas and instead imposing tariffs. This helps address food security issues by ensuring a stable rice supply when domestic production falls short due to weather or other factors. Continuing to import rice is important because the Philippines can no longer rely solely on domestic production.

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Philippines Rice Production Challenges

The document discusses rice production and consumption in the Philippines. While the Philippines is one of the world's largest rice producers, domestic production is not enough to meet demand from the country's growing population. As a result, the Philippines has long imported rice from other countries. The rice tariff law liberalized rice imports by removing import quotas and instead imposing tariffs. This helps address food security issues by ensuring a stable rice supply when domestic production falls short due to weather or other factors. Continuing to import rice is important because the Philippines can no longer rely solely on domestic production.

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Rice Production in the Philippines are not Enough for the Masses

As many people know Philippines is known as an agricultural country for it is one of the
world’s largest producer of rice. Because Philippines is blessed with a country that is rich in
what we called nature’s gift and the reason that Magellan tried to conquer the country but failed
like how the following other oppressors that conquered it also. But still the Philippines is having
a problem with it and need assistance from the other countries thru importing. Rice tariff law’s
definition, importance and causes of need in implementation.
Starting by defining the rice tariff law would give a better understanding of what it is.
According to Tobias (2019) the rice tariff law is an act that liberalize the importing of rice.
According to Ranada (2019) Its formal name is “An Act liberalizing the importation,
exportation, and trading of rice, lifting for the purpose the quantitative import restriction on rice,
and for other purposes”. It is also removing the limitation of rice that can be imported and only
need to pay the tariff for the import (Ranada, 2019). The Philippines had been self-sufficient in
the 1970s and also an exporter of rice but because of the rapid increase in population the country
began to be an importer of rice (Tobias, 2019). According to Mendoza (2008) The Philippines
had been always importing rice from the other countries and it’s still happening today because of
weather, mismanagement and corruption. This kind of factors cannot be removed and will be
always there for this are predicted and unpredicted occurrence so we need imports that are
greater than the production within the Philippines like when the disaster hit big time. It may
cause shortage of rice and the hope is with the imported rice.
Rice tariff law liberalize the import of rice and only need to pay the tariff of import.
Implementing the rice tariff law would be a great help for the people in the Philippines because
it’s a custom that in every time we eat but not all the time, the rice is always at the table. The
Philippines cannot go back to its old time because of the fast growth of population and the other
factors affecting the production of rice within. Importing rice from the other countries even the
Philippines had known as one of the biggest producers of rice is not a shame for there will be ups
and downs and should not always depend on itself only. <421 words>
References

Mendoza, J. H. (2008, June). The Rice Crisis in the Philippines. Retrieved October 9, 2019, from
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Ranada, P. (2019, February 15). Duterte signs rice tariffication law. Retrieved October 9, 2019,
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tariffication-law-february-2019.

Tobias, A. M. (2019, May 23). Asia-Pacific Information Platform on Agricultural Policy-The


Philippine Rice Tariffication Law: Implications and Issues. Retrieved October 9, 2019,
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