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...
As expected, the Philippines and Vietnam signed a five-year agreement on rice trade during President Marcos's state visit. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong (Photo courtesy of PPA/KJ Rosales) The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Rice Trade...
The government does not see another implementation of a price ceiling on rice this year as it bids to increase the country’s farm output to tame inflation, Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto said Wednesday. Recto, however, also acknowledged the possibility of supply disruptions due to external...
The country’s rice inventory significantly declined a quarter in December, but the government assured sufficient supply that will last until the next harvest season. A report from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that the rice stock dropped 25 percent to 1.90 million metric tons (MT)...
Despite being an agricultural country, the Philippines will remain as the top global rice importer this year, as projected by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). A Rice Outlook released by USDA's Economic Research Service stated it was projecting that the Philippines would import around...
