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The Philippine government has announced it will hand out 12.7bn pesos of financial aid to about 2.3mn rice farmers, to help them deal with the effects of the El Niño weather pattern and rising ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is seeking full rice self-sufficiency in four years even as the country faces a looming crisis on its staple commodity. In a statement yesterday, the ...
IN 1984, the government imported around 160,000 metric tons (MT) of rice. In the following years, this rose to more than 200,000 MT and reached almost 300,000 MT during the fateful year when the ...
Another rice crisis recently emerged as the cost of rice soared due to various reasons. ... Philippine Daily Inquirer / 04:30 AM November 04, ... The DA and the Department of Trade and Industry can ...
Reelected Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, who served as Speaker of the 19th Congress, opened the 20th Congress by filing House Bill No. 1—a ...
MANILA, Philippines — Last March 2024, University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB) chancellor Jose Camacho Jr. granted an exclusive license to agribusiness company Agri-Specialist Inc ...
In spite of the grim picture on rice supply, the USDA said the situation is not yet at the level of the 2008 rice crisis. In 2008, the Philippines was the world’s top rice importer.
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—The Philippines is on a path to self-sufficiency in rice production, with hybrid rice genotypes emerging as a critical innovation. As one of the world’s top 10 rice ...
Rice importers in the Philippines have delayed purchases of around 350,000 metric tons of Vietnamese rice and have been renegotiating deals, ... industry events and directly to consumers.
LUPAO, Philippines -- Fortunato Villanueva Jr. is preparing to harvest unhusked rice this month from land he has worked for more than 30 years. The ar Industry fears official limits could create ...