THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it was working closely with the Department of Agriculture (DA) in helping rice farmers generate a higher income by connecting them directly to retailers.
“Our effort is to work out a mechanism to reduce the role of traders. In other words, to connect farmers to millers, and then we will connect with them the retailers,” Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said after the Cabinet’s economic development cluster (EDC) meeting on Wednesday night.
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