DA Secretary Manny Piñol and representatives of the Asia Pacific Network for Food Sovereignty (APNFS) share the same sentiment over the former’s position for a two-year extension of the quantitative restriction on rice to protect the livelihood of 3 million Filipino rice farmers. APNFS is a regional coalition of 35 civil society organizations, national farmer federations, fisherfolk associations and women’s organizations from the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and India. (photo by Gian Carlo Luague/DA-AFID)