Filipinos are consuming rice faster than the country can grow it, with a study from Ateneo de Manila University warning that stagnant farm yields and shrinking farmland are widening the nation’s rice deficit despite years of government interventions. The Philippines consumed 2.3 million metric...
The total factory output of domestic manufacturers reverted to growth in April despite a slower annual increase in food production. The Philippine Statistics Authority 's (PSA) monthly integrated survey of selected industries (MISSI) report for April 2025, released on Friday, June 6, showed...
Jollibee Foods Corporation is divesting its stake in C-Joy Poultry Realty Inc., the firm that owns the land for its chicken meat processing joint venture with Cargill Philippines, C-Joy Poultry Meats Production Inc. tIn a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Jollibee said it will fully...
The country’s sugar production in the current crop year is expected to reach 1.84 million metric tons (MT), three percent higher than the government’s initial forecast of 1.78 million MT, as the industry steadily recovers from the El Niño phenomenon last year. Data from the Sugar Regulatory...
Philippine manufacturing output slightly recovered from the steeper 1.5 percent decline in February, registered a softer 0.2 percent dip in March, and elevated the country’s production performance in the first quarter. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the volume of...
The Philippines is expected to see a decline in rice imports in the upcoming marketing year due to a projected increase in rice production, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In a report dated March 28, the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in Manila...
Senatorial candidate Bam Aquino wants Filipinos to be more self-reliant amid the South China Sea issue, advocating for increased support for local farmers, fisherfolk, and market vendors to strengthen the local food production. Senatorial candidate Bam Aquino speaks to longganisa makers...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Undersecretary for Employment and Human Resource Development Cluster Carmela I. Torres (center) leads the awarding of a P1-million training fund to Pacific Farms, Inc. on February 28, 2025. The initiative, under the DOLE Adjustment Measures Program (AMP),...
President Marcos has inspected the P67.48-million multi-stage rice processing complex project in Barangay Ipil, Echague, Isabela which was inaugurated last year. Rice Processing System II in Isabela (RTVM) The project, known as the Rice Processing System II, is expected to benefit thousands of...
Following a sharp decline in palay production last year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is optimistic that the Philippines will achieve a record-high harvest in 2025. In a statement on Monday, Jan. 20, DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said this forecast is credited to the directive of...
The Sy family’s SM Group is optimistic about the country’s economic growth prospects in 2025, despite challenges such as peso volatility and high inflation. In a statement, SM Investments Corporation (SMIC) President and Chief Executive Officer Frederic C. DyBuncio, said the group plans...
President Marcos is looking into tapping State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) graduates to bolster local production of agricultural seeds, eventually improving agricultural productivity in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said this during the...
