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President Arroyo’s campaign to ensure the supplies of rice is on fire and promised to continue supplying for the people. The president feared that there would be businessmen taking advantage of this and that, prices of rice would me overcharged.

According to Kwanchai Gomez, executive director of The Asia Rice Foundation, the president feels that if she do no action, the public would think she doesn’t care.

Rice prices really keep on increasing. Now, vegetables start to increase and just make citizens carry extra burden. IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) said that rice price will not decrease in two years span. The Philippine based institute warned the civilians of this rice price increase and government started to give civilians with cheap rice to sustain life. It was said that it will take longer time to make rice price decrease since rice is an international product and many countries are asking for it.

People all around the globe consumes rice and many people consume rice more than what they are expected. Farmers producing rice is needed but it is useless for now since, population increases faster than rice, it is certainly an imbalance. In Philippines, rice is essential and many poor families struggled in buying rice. Now, poor families struggle much more because of the increasing price of vegetables that have been a good alternative for meat.

This was because rice was reported to be increasing and diminishing its stock. Then, these businessmen made this issue truer and put an immediate increase in rice just for their profit. IRRI said that this issue mostly affects urban poor as well as farmers who farm and harvest. Note that farmers don’t have any advantage on rice since they are only workers and they need to buy rice from their own salary.

After a recent report on lacking supply of rice in Philippines, rice sellers started to increase rice’s price in which poverty is much experienced. The said NFA rice (National Food Authority) was then put into public to let these less wage earner persons have enough amount of rice fitted on their income. As such, rice is known as the Filipino’s favorite food. Why? Filipinos cannot eat breakfast, lunch and dinner without it, so deal with us right now. Filipinos need rice. This really is a big deal for us and this matter can’t hit my smiles right. Rice is hitting our pockets deeply!!

Reports say that Philippines is ranked as the one of the large exporters in rice. But yet, Philippines gets a relatively high rice price. Experts put to account the continuous rise of expenses such as fertilizer and fuel as well and also the climate change and pests that destroy the product. Farmers pointed out that they aren’t benefiting from it. A farmer said that if this continues, his family will go hungry. They can’t afford it for sure if rice still rise. The rice prices hit 50 percent increase on world market in which it really is a big deal for the world.

So what if rice rises? Not only Philippines set rice as a fave food. Japan also loved rice, Vietnam, China, Thailand, US and other countries in which rice is greatly in need. There will be scar in every region of the world. Every country will have an insufficient supply that will cause its people to experience hunger. Let me answer it. If price increases, there will also be a relatively increase of hunger. Don’t you think?