04/05/2011
AY/VS, GMA News
India, Cambodia, Pakistan are interested in supplying the Philippines with additional rice volume should the Aquino administration need more rice for reasons of food security.
“These are just preliminary discussions. We got assurance that whenever we want to go to market, they are more than willing to provide us the volume we need,” National Food Authority (NFA) head Angelito Banayo said in an interview on Tuesday.
NFA representatives met with those of the Cambodia Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries last week to discuss a possible rice supply deal.
Banayo said he will meet with the ambassador of Cambodia this Wednesday, possibly for another rice negotiation.
Cambodia has 15 million people, and has surplus rice that interested countries could buy, according to the NFA head.
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