FARMERS' group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag) has appealed to the government to halt rice importation as local harvest will start in October while total imports of the staple food have reached 2.52 metric tons in the first three quarters of 2022.

Sinag President Rosendo So said that farmers will suffer further losses if the millers continue to refuse to buy palay in bulk.

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