A Questionnaire on
GRAINS OF CHANGE: THE IMPACT OF RICE TARRIFICATION LAW ON
FARMERS IN THE BARANGAY HAGONOY CROSSING,
HAGONOY, DAVAO DEL SUR
Dear Respondents,
We, the Fourth-Year Criminology Students of UM Digos College, are currently
conducting the study entitled " GRAINS OF CHANGE: THE IMPACT OF
RICE TARRIFICATION LAW ON FARMERS IN THE BARANGAY
HAGONOY CROSSING, HAGONOY, DAVAO DEL SUR" In view of this, we
are humbly asking your benevolent heart to answer the questions honestly.
Rest assured that your answers will be treated with value and utmost
confidentiality.
The questionnaire is composed of two (2) parts. The first part is the profile of
rice farmers, and the second part covers the impacts of rice tariffication law on
rice farmers.
The Researchers
PART I. PROFILE OF RICE FARMERS
Tenure: [ ] Tenant
[ ] Owner
[ ] Specified sharing if
tenant Rental payment
[ ] 10% sharing for the
tenant Total
Age: [ ] 18-25 yrs. old [ ] 46-50 yrs. old
[ ] 26-30 yrs. old [ ] 51-55 yrs. old
[ ] 31-35 yrs. old [ ] 56-60 yrs. old
[ ] 36-40 yrs. old [ ] 61-65 yrs. old
[ ] 41-45 yrs. old [ ] Above 65 yrs. old
Number of [ ] Less than 20 years
years in [ ] 20-29 years
farming: [ ] 30-39 years
[ ] More than 40 years
Area of rice [ ] less than 1 hectare
farm: [ ] 1.9 - 1.0 ha.
[ ] 2 - 2.9 has
[ ] 3-4 has.
Average [ ] 80-100 bags
Production [ ] 101-120 bags
(bags/ha/ [ ] 121-140 bags
cropping) [ ] 140 and above
(50kls/bag):
Instruction: Please rate each item about impact of Rice Tariffication Law on
Rice Farmers. Kindly answer as accurately and honestly as possible by
checking (✓) the box corresponding to your answer.
PART II – Impact of Rice Tariffication Law on Rice Farmers
Perceived Positive Effects of the Rice Tariffication Yes No
Law on Rice Farmers
1. Possible savings for the consumers as it allows no
limit in terms of the volume of imports which will
eventually stabilize prices
2. Address the urgent need to improve availability of
rice in the country, prevent artificial rice shortages,
reduce the price in the market and curtail corruption
and cartel domination in the rice industry
3. Lower inflation rate. The law will reduce
government's role in the rice importation and lead to
more rice imports by the private sectors.
4. Interventions to support rice farmers. RCEF will
provide key interventions to support farmers and
enhance their competitiveness and profitability,
including farm machinery and equipment.
Perceived Negative Effects of the Rice Tariffication
Law on Rice Farmers
1. Farmer groups clamor that the new law will make
them compete with the cheap rice imports, making
them more penniless.
2. The lack of government regulations worries
stakeholders and measures should be in place to
ensure that Filipino farmers will not suffer with the rice
tariffication and that "safety nets are available for
farmers.
3. Potential displacement of farmers, NFA employees,
accredited NFA retailers, rice millers, and rice by-
product producers. There are around 6,600 registered
millers all over the country who employed 55,00
workers that will be affected by the rice tariffication
Law.
4. A by-product of the rice milling process, the rice
brans used for making animal and aqua manure
feeds.
5. A drop in local rice output will also mean a decrease
in rice hull, which is used as fuel for biomass furnaces
used in the provinces to provide electricity.
6. Enable cartels of the rice trade and will throw poor
sectors into a worsened state of hunger. There is no
guarantee that the retail prices will be lower in the long
run with the unhampered importation.
7. Relaying on rice imports makes the country
vulnerable to higher world market prices as well as to
the rice production and expert decisions of other
countries.
8. Lower farm gate price of palay resulting to
decreased income of farmers. Importation of cheap
rice resulted to palay prices at farm gate level
affecting profitability of rice farmers.
9. Wholesalers and millers prefer imported rice than
local rice because of its cheap price.
