As much as 446,858 metric tons (MT) of cheaper, imported rice had so far entered the country this year, data from the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) showed. Based on the latest data from BPI, as many as 372 Sanitary and phytosanitary import clearance (SPS-IC) were already used so far for this year....
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez has raised the likelihood of allowing lower tariffs on rice from India as a way of minimizing tariff barriers for the Philippines very vital commodity. Lopez mentioned this during the Philippines Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce (FICCI) and the...
The recent recommendation of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to temporarily reduce tariffs on rice imports was described as “unwarranted and ill-timed” by a group of farmers. Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) National...
In Bilar, Bohol, you’ll find a farm that has many functions: an area for food and animal production, a learning site, and an agritourism destination. One of the amenities on the farm is a pond where guests can go fishing and buy the fish for P130 per kilo. There are 6,000 tilapia...
The European Union may steal the Philippines' title as the biggest rice importer in the world this year as the Southeast Asian nation is bent on achieving higher local palay production amid stricter import permit issuance. “The Philippines is forecast to fall to the number two spot in 2021 as the...
The latest move of Vietnam – the Philippines’ top source for cheaper, imported rice – to import rice too may push rice prices higher on the local front, sources said. Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary Ariel Cayanan said the unprecedented decision of Vietnam, one of the world’s...
Year 2020 should be remembered as a busy year for Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) having been given one of the hardest tasks in the agriculture sector: modernize rice farming. ...
Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) is confident that with the government’s mechanization efforts, the production cost of palay will go down by more than 20 percent but by the end of 2024 yet. Photo by Timur Kozmenko on Unsplash Philmech Director for Applied...
Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), which liberalized rice importation in the Philippines and aims to make rice farmers competitive, is approaching its third year of implementation, but the country is still way behind in rice production compared to...
Their business gives Thai cuisine a unique twist Photos courtesy of Hajjie and Aldrain Valencia After losing their jobs as managers amid the coronavirus pandemic, this couple decided to open their own sticky rice business. In an interview with journalist Karen Davila, Hajjie and Aldrain Valencia...
Engineering and infrastructure firm Megawide today (Dec 11) revealed details of its Banaue Rice Terraces -inspired architectural design for the P109 billion rehabilitation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 (T1). "We’re not just rehabilitating an airport, we're creating a...
The senate proposal to use excess rice tariff collections exclusively for cash aid for farmers may be discriminatory to some farmers, a top official from the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) said. In a statement, FFF National Manager Raul Montemayor said the proposal, which is contained in...
