Rice to Cost P40/kilo?

[uls]

hanap nalang ng ibang makain.

kamote?

[Horsepower]

Ferdinand Marcos have foreseen this, unfortunately, yung mga ginawa nya noon was scrapped by the succeeding lesser minded "leaders".

Even those companies he confiscated in favor of the masses was given back. Stupid people.

It's simple, basic goods should be handled by the Govt, not by private companies who are bound to bleed the masses dry.

[chua_riwap]

^^ Magkakaroon ng air pollution.........

[tidus1203]

Maliban sa demand supply situation that is pushing commodity prices up like gas and rice, the central bank (not just our BSP, all the world's central bank is printing debt) is printing money rapidly much faster than the supply of commodities can cope. So now more money chasing the same or now even fewer commodities....

[boydapa]

sbi ng ni bunye ata

there is nothing to worry about

wala pong shortage....

wala pong hoarding...

wala pong kakulangan....

ang wala lang po eh PERA

OPO PERA! wla pong pera pambili ang mga mamamayan ng bigas

hehe!

[glenngj]

hanap nalang ng ibang makain.

kamote?

pwede rin kaya lang hindi kaya magkaroon naman tayo ng problema sa hangin.. air pollution!!

[uls]

haha

ok lang air pollution kesa magutom hehe

let's look for a new staple food... something that's grown locally in abundance, and isnt traded on the global commodities exchanges...

[VtEC]

nothing to worry guys, epekto lang yan ng paglakas ng economy natin

[b1rken5tock]

we have IRRI to develop the best method/technique for rice prodution, sino nakinabang? ang vietnam and thailand.. i read a news recently where our government is asking asian countries to guarantee us a supply of rice due to predicted shortage....sad... really sad...tayo ang bumayo at nag nag saing pero iba ang kumain...

[b1rken5tock]

nothing to worry guys, epekto lang yan ng paglakas ng economy natin

tongue in cheek....hope so...

[1D4LV]

at least, people who are in a diet will not blame their excessive intake of rice, kaya sila tumataba... hehehehehe.

corn, sweet potatoes are good alternatives.

[Monseratto]

Parang naging ginto na ang bigas...

Panic as soaring prices lure rice bandits

Rice farmers in Thailand are guarding paddyields and hurrying to harvest their crops after a theft last week which fuelled rumours that surging rice prices were attracting bandits.


Reports of widespread theft, although unsubstantiated by police, spread quickly after 220lb of premium-quality fragrant rice was stolen from a granary in Kalasin province, 300 miles north-east of Bangkok. "Villagers have set up teams and are patrolling the community," said Urit Poo-aob, a district chief in Kalasin.

The north-east is the key producing region for premium-grade fragrant rice in Thailand, the world's biggest rice exporter.

Thai rice prices have been rising since late last year when India banned exports of non-basmati rice to ensure it had enough for its own people. Vietnam, the number two rice exporter, has halted exports for two months in order to meet Filipino contracts.

As a result, the price of Thai premium fragrant rice has soared 30 per cent to nearly $900 (£450) a tonne. Thai 100 per cent B grade white rice has also risen 30 per cent, to $600 a tonne, fuelling rumours of rice bandits swooping on unguarded paddy fields at night.

Some farmers in the white rice growing province of Sing Buri have slept in their paddyfields after rumours spread of a 1,000kg raid. However, police have received no formal complaint. "There are many rumours, but no one has come forward to tell us that they were robbed," police said.

Nevertheless, the rumours have been strong enough to prompt many farmers to harvest their crops as quickly as possible. "Most of the rice grown in Suphan Buri has already been harvested. It's around 10 to 20 days earlier than expected," said an agricultural official.

[theveed]

I still don't get why an agricultural country like the Phil still relies on imported rice and can't export rice as well... Vietnam, India, China, Thailand and Malaysia all exports rice and are able to control their rice supply somewhat by limiting export when food shortage is eminent.