The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said the estimated palay production may decline in the third quarter, while corn output is expected to increase.Based on the PSA’s latest production estimates for the July to September 2024 quarter palay production is expected to fall by 12 percent to 3.35...
TACLOBAN CITY – The provincial government has partnered with TAO Corp. to focus on a large-scale project to increase rice production in Northern Samar province. TAO Corp. has identified 500 hectares of potential land for rice production, particularly in the municipalities of Laoang,...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is expecting around 3.64 million metric tons of rice inventory for this year, which it said, is equivalent to 93 days of national consumption.The figure is almost 100 percent higher than the rice inventory recorded in December last year at only 1.9 million metric...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that rice and corn production is expected to decrease in the third quarter of this year.As of May, palay or rice production is estimated to drop by 8.4 percent to 3.89 million metric tons between April and June from 4.25 million MT in the same...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it is committed to its goal of producing 20.44 million metric tons of palay this year despite the impact of El Nino. In a statement, Agriculture Undersecretary Chris Morales said that they are optimistic about achieving this target, especially with the...
As palay production declined by 0.3 percent in the first three months of this year, an economist from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) shared how technological advances can procure a steady and high rice output for the future.In recent data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the...
In pursuance of solar-powered irrigation, the Department of Agriculture (DA) believes that diversifying irrigation other than rice use would increase the take-home pay of farmers.During a press briefing with the delegates of the DA, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Department of...
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 year's...
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 pursue...
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...
