People flock to buy a P25 per kilo rice at the the Kadiwa ng Pasko 2022 caravan at the Quezon city hall. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/ MARIANNE BERMUDEZ Citing the Department of Agriculture's (DA) apparent lack of interest to meet with them and discuss their proposal on reducing rice prices, a group of rice farmers from Nueva Ecija province—considered the country's rice granary—has stopped selling their produce at the agency's Kadiwa store at its main office in Quezon City. The Novo Ecijano farmers who call themselves Unigrow Philippines said on Thursday that they earlier sought a meeting with DA officials to discuss their proposal to lower the price of rice but were disappointed by the response they received.

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