Rise of the Price of Rice. What's causing this?

[galy]

the cause? ambot langggggg.....

maybe because of mis information, then nag speculate ang mga big players.....
then naabot sa media..... then another speculations napud.... naexagerate ug maayo ang info.....
another speculations napud....... hangtud almost tanan nagpanic.........

inshort..... (gikan ra ni sa tsismis) heheheheh

i really dont know whats causing this.....
all I know today , mahal na jud ang bugas....
hahayyyyy.....

[giddyboy]

Whats causing the rise in the price of rice? simple ra. Law of Supply and Demand. Low supply pero more demand ta karong panahona. Because we depend on rice imports, it is now more expensive to import rice from Thailand or Vietnam.

and sakto, ITS MORE OF A WORLD RICE "PRICE" CRISIS, not rice or food crisis.

GLOBAL PROBLEM
RP: 'Rice price crisis, not food crisis'

By Amy R. Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:40:00 04/12/2008

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna--The Philippines is calling on the international community to start focusing on solutions to what is being described as a "rice price crisis" in countries worldwide.

At a press briefing Friday, Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap quoted M. Syeduzzaman, chair of BOC Bangladesh Ltd., Bangladesh Rice Foundation, as saying that "global rice prices will not abate within the next 18 to 24 months."

Yap pointed out that "we're grappling [with] the same situation." He said it was the "common consensus" of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) board members that "we're looking at firm prices within the next 18 to 24 months."

But he declined to say whether prices would firm up to current levels or would further increase within the period. He said it would be speculative on his part to give "price forecasts."

"We don't have a food crisis but, rather, a rice price crisis," Yap said. "All of us are looking for innovative solutions in our countries--how to address not only the issue of supply but also the issue of prices, how to [ensure] that poor families can eat."

Yap quoted IRRI director general Robert Zeigler as saying that "in no way should farmers be blamed for the current rice situation."

"What we want to do is encourage Filipino farmers to produce more, and you don't do that by imposing an artificial pricing mechanism to control their profit. You have to give them a signal that it pays to produce food," Zeigler said.

5 critical reasons

Yap ticked off five critical reasons behind the current rice situation:

- A supply largely affected by an increased demand resulting from rising population.

- Climate change.

- Booming demand for biofuels.

- Continuous conversion of agricultural lands to non-agriculture use.

- Neglect of irrigation facilities.

"But there are solutions, and we can move forward from where we are today," he said.

Yap said the Philippines, through the IRRI, had called international donors to a meeting to hammer out solutions addressing production and factors affecting production.

6 key issues

He said the meeting should include developed and developing countries and focus on increased collaboration to deal with the problems facing rice production and the need for increased food aid in the interim.

Prof. Elizabeth Woods, the newly appointed chair of the IRRI board of trustees, said the problems related to rice production and supply in Asia over the past year were "cause for serious concern, but not for panic."

"IRRI and its partners solved similar rice production problems in Asia in the 1960s and '70s, and we can do it again. What we need is the committed support of donors and policymakers, as well as better awareness among the media and general public of the problems we face," Woods said.

Six key issues are seen as vital to increasing production in Asia, which is needed to ease the sharp rise in rice prices across the region, "causing uncertainty and concern."

These are: an agronomic revolution in Asian rice production to reduce existing yield gaps; acceleration in the delivery of new postharvest technologies, in the introduction of higher-yielding rice varieties, and in research on rice varieties; strengthening and upgrading of rice breeding and research pipelines; and developing a new generation of rice scientists.

Meanwhile, Yap announced that the Philippines had procured some 70,000 metric tons of rice under the GSM 100 credit export guarantee program through a tender conducted in the United States on April 8....

FULL STORY:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquire...ot-food-crisis

[cdburgh]

5 critical reasons

Yap ticked off five critical reasons behind the current rice situation:

- A supply largely affected by an increased demand resulting from rising population.

- Climate change.

- Booming demand for biofuels.

- Continuous conversion of agricultural lands to non-agriculture use.

- Neglect of irrigation facilities.

"But there are solutions, and we can move forward from where we are today," he said.

Yap said the Philippines, through the IRRI, had called international donors to a meeting to hammer out solutions addressing production and factors affecting production.

Could these causes been prevented if the government have put their acts together?

[galy]

Could these causes been prevented if the government have put their acts together?

maybe.....
and maybe not..

i dont really know....

[jingardz]

i think we depend too much on rice for our daily food staple. pero bisan sa ubang nasud ga crisis man pud sila sa ilang food supply. daghan og rason but it's not only us who are suffering from shortages. kinahanglan lang gyud karung panahona mag budget jud as in hugtanayg bakos ba.. lol

[Luskan]

i don't think pouring money for agriculture is economic suicide. food security should also be given priority. granting foreign investors come in and build industries, what will all these workers be eating without food?

No food, maybe you mean no rice, the Filipino's have to adjust eating without rice.

[cdburgh]

No food, maybe you mean no rice, the Filipino's have to adjust eating without rice.

andam lang ta kay karon walay nay rice, sunod wala nay sud-an.

[kamikazeniel]

This is Manipulated, which I believe started by the GM(Genetically Modified) rice people.

[Motownkid]

kadungog ko sa news sa radio ganina buntag:

gi-trace daw sa international experts kung asa jud gikan ang false rumors nga naay "World Rice Crisis" (coz actually wala man daw jud).

Then they found out nga tungod diay ning Gloria tanan. It all started atong nihangyo si Gloria sa Prime Minister sa Vietnam to purchase some metric tons of rice para sa Pilipinas. Pagkahibaw sa uban countries nga desperado kaau si Gloria mopalit ug bugas, naratol dayon sila kay abi nila naa nay rice shortage. Then ang uban ni-take advantage gipang tagu-an nila ilang rice mao to nisaka dayon ug kalit ang presyo. In some places kay nag wild ug nag gubot na ang mga tao tungod sa "Rice Crisis"...

Para daw sa mga experts, ang kagubot nga nahimo ani nga issue gikan jud sa presidente sa Pilipinas.. tsk tsk

[boi_hasi]

kadungog ko sa news sa radio ganina buntag:

gi-trace daw sa international experts kung asa jud gikan ang false rumors nga naay "World Rice Crisis" (coz actually wala man daw jud).

Then they found out nga tungod diay ning Gloria tanan. It all started atong nihangyo si Gloria sa Prime Minister sa Vietnam to purchase some metric tons of rice para sa Pilipinas. Pagkahibaw sa uban countries nga desperado kaau si Gloria mopalit ug bugas, naratol dayon sila kay abi nila naa nay rice shortage. Then ang uban ni-take advantage gipang tagu-an nila ilang rice mao to nisaka dayon ug kalit ang presyo. In some places kay nag wild ug nag gubot na ang mga tao tungod sa "Rice Crisis"...

Para daw sa mga experts, ang kagubot nga nahimo ani nga issue gikan jud sa presidente sa Pilipinas.. tsk tsk

maoba bai...tsk tsk.....