Stronger measures called to ease rice supply shortage
www.chinaview.cn 2008-04-16 16:22:47   Print
A woman wears a rice sack during a protest on a street in Manila, the Philippines, April 16, 2008. The protestors are calling for stronger measures from the National Food Authority to increase the proportion of home-produced rice in its food reserve while punishing the regraters. The Philippines, one of the world's major consumers and importers of rice, is caught in the middle of a worsening global rice supply shortage. (Xinhua/Xu Lingui)

A woman wears a rice sack during a protest on a street in Manila, the Philippines, April 16, 2008. The protestors are calling for stronger measures from the National Food Authority to increase the proportion of home-produced rice in its food reserve while punishing the regraters. The Philippines, one of the world's major consumers and importers of rice, is caught in the middle of a worsening global rice supply shortage. (Xinhua/Xu Lingui)
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