A farmer dries palay on a road in Nueva Ecija province. (Photo by DJ Diosina)

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is expected to announce its final decision on whether the country would impose the general safeguard duty on rice imports to address very low prices of palay (unmilled rice) that hit hard the livelihoods of small farmers nationwide.

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