To support the Department of Agriculture's (DA) rice program, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released funding for the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Program (RCEP) for the first quarter of this year. Budget Secretary Mina F. Pangandaman approved on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the P455.59...
CEBU CITY – A party-list representative expressed confidence that the campaign promise of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of bringing down the price of rice to P20 per kilo is still possible. AGRI party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee discusses a bill that he filed that aims to reduce the price of rice...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) A historic rice harvest. That's how House Speaker Martin Romualdez described the country’s 20-million metric ton (MT) rice production for 2023, which was a 1.5 percent increase from the previous...
Filipinos are projected to up their rice intake this year, solidifying the country's rank as the sixth-largest consumer of this grain worldwide, the latest report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) indicated. According to the USDA's Grain: World Markets and Trade report, it is...
Despite the persistent El Niño in the early part of the year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has assured stable rice prices through June. Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. said on Thursday, Feb. 8, that the nation's rice supply for the first half of the year is secure,...
ILOILO CITY – Rice supply in the province of Antique is threatened by the rice black bug. AGRICULTURISTS visit a rice field infected with rice black bug in Antique. (Office of the Provincial Agriculturist-Antique) The provincial government confirmed that rice black bug has affected farmers...
The government should intervene to control rising rice prices and consider importing more of the staple food, an economist at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) suggested. Carlos Manapat, chairperson of the UST's economics department, proposed two effective strategies that the government can...
Consumers are urged to prepare for a surge in rice prices as the government warned that recent cost increases for the nation's staple food are expected to persist, posing a threat to the country's most vulnerable households. In a briefing, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Undersecretary Claire...
The Marcos administration plans to expand the distribution of solar-powered irrigation systems, aiming to provide a consistent water supply to an additional 180,000 hectares of rice paddies, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. In a statement Saturday, Feb. 3, the DA said that President Marcos...
The Philippines has produced a record-high 20 million metric tons of rice in 2023, beating by 1.5 percent the country’s rice production in the same period in 2022, President Marcos said on Saturday, Feb. 3. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential Communications...
As the El Niño phenomenon persisted, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported additional rice damage in parts of Western Visayas and Zamboanga during the early months of the year. The DA-Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DA-DRRM) said that some rice fields suffered P109 million losses by...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is confident that the country's agriculture sector can weather the adverse effects of the El Niño phenomenon after it put in place its comprehensive national program ahead of the dry spell. NIA Administrator Eduardo Guillen said that the agency, in...
