date:Dec 24, 2013
Agriculture and Food which she chairs, Villar asked BPI Director Clarito Barron to submit to the committee a report on the groups given import permits, the volumes they are expected to import and their performance in importation.
This way, we can also check if the 60-40 scheme we have agreed upon is being followed and if this scheme benefits the farmers more, she explained.
Under the 60-40 scheme, farmer organizations are given 60 percent of the volume of garlic or onion needed to be imported