Agriculture in Philippines
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PHILIPPINES, 2013/04/29
Rice producers and traders in the Philippines are to export rice in May, the prime time the commodity would be exported in large volumes in 40 years, a high official of the Department of Agriculture announced here on Saturday.
Dubai and Indonesia will receive 15 metric tons of black rice from the Don Bosco Foundation for Sustainable Development Inc. in North Cotabato, 20 tons of japonica from the SL Agritech in Nueva Ecija and 30 tons of long grain aromatic white rice, as well from a cooperative in Cotabato, by May 6, said Agriculture Assistant Secretary Dante de Lima.
