Erap vows to make RP a rice-exporting country 02/20/2010

Erap vows to make RP a rice-exporting country 02/20/2010 Former President Joseph Estrada has assured farmers and environmental groups that if he becomes president again, he would make the Philippines a rice-exporting country. “I will double rice production in Nueva Ecija by 2013 so that the Philippines will not only be self-sufficient in rice but also be able to export rice,” the standard-bearer of the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino told farmers and the thousands of other supporters who greeted him for his campaign sortie through Nueva Ecija.  He added that an Estrada administration in 2010 will see the realization of the Philippines becoming a rice-producing and rice-exporting country. “Food security through agricultural production is at the top of the Estrada Agenda for 2010,” Estrada said..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/headlines/20100220hed6.html

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