The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) has proposed to slap seasonal tariffs on rice to protect local farmers and manage the ...
DA spokesman Arnel de Mesa says they hope the NFA will be allowed to release rice stocks without necessarily declaring a food ...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) further reduced the maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) per kilogram (kg) for imported ...
A maximum suggested retail price of P45 per kilo of imported rice will be enforced starting March 31 amid declining global ...
The government lost at least P17 billion in revenues since it reduced the tariff rate on imported rice to 15 percent in July ...
The Philippine Rice Industry Road Map – 2030,” published by the Department of Agriculture in 2018, includes a comparative analysis of rice farming productivity in the Philippines, Vietnam, and ...
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Toward rice sufficiency
RICE is a central crop in the Filipino table and a backbone of agricultural employment in the Philippines. The ongoing debate ...
A farmers group on Wednesday said that the low import tariffs should be blamed for the decline in palay prices during the dry ...
A GOVERNMENT-led research project aims to sequence the genomes of 1,001 traditional rice varieties in the Philippines to identify genes that can contribute to the development of high-yielding, ...
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. announced that the maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for imported rice ...