15 Oct 2009
E. Visayas to send rice

TACLOBAN CITY - Agriculture officials in Eastern Visayas said they were ready to ship the region's surplus rice supply to Luzon.

Eastern Visayas is currently 119% sufficient in rice, said Department of Agriculture (DA) regional executive director Leo P. Cañeda.

"As our moral duty, we should also be helping our brothers in Luzon. Whatever excess production we will have, it will go to that part of the country," Mr. Cañeda said.

He said previous projections of a decline in rice production this year might not happen because the region has been spared from destructive typhoons.

In the first semester of this year, palay or unhusked rice production was recorded at 518,174 metric tons. This was slightly lower than the harvest in the same period last year.


Source:
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW101609/content.php?id=059