RIGHT from the get-go, experts had projected the opening up of the Philippine rice market as the gateway to a better life for Filipinos: lower staple prices leading to slower inflation and lesser hunger.

Indeed, the liberalization of the country’s rice industry allowed the unabated entry of cheaper imported staple.

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