Recruitment firms encourage retired OFWs to go into rice production

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Labor and Employment should redirect its reintegration program for returning Overseas Filipino Workers to rice production to ease the impact of the impending supply shortage.

This was the suggestion made by the Federated Association of Manpower Exporters (FAME) in the wake of a looming shortage of the country's staple food.

"Encouraging returning OFWs who opt to settle in the provinces to go into rice production is better than helping them set up sari-sari stores, " FAME vice president Jackson Gan said.

Gan noted that the DoLE’s National Reintegration Center for OFWs could tap the help of the Agriculture department in setting up rice farming seminars for retired OFWs.

The NRCO is currently involved in providing returning migrants technical assistance for self-employment or entrepreneurship, access to credit/microfinance, counseling on business or savings mobilization schemes, and psychosocial counseling.

According to Gan, also the president of the Philippine Coconut Exporters Association, acting Labor Secretary Marianito Roque could request the Agriculture department to tap into the P1.5 billion fund released by Malacañang to help OFWs who wish to venture to rice production.

President Arroyo has recently approved an additional P1.5 billion fund for the Department of Agriculture to mitigate the shortage in rice supply that has reached a critical stage in the face of price increases in Vietnam and Thailand.

The DA earlier admitted that the country’s rice reserve is expected to last for less than two months as world prices increase to 25 percent more compared to last month. - GMANews.TV

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