So said the NFA failed to use its P8-billion budget for palay procurement last year, so the agency has P17 billion this year which it can use to procure 566,666 metric tons of
THE Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) under the Department of Agriculture is encouraging farmers to plant heat-tolerant varieties that can yield up to 7 tons per
BEING the staple food of most Filipinos, rice is the country’s most important crop. Yet our leaders, from the President to the lawmakers in Congress, seemed clueless on what
Photos show workers unloading sacks of rice from a truck along Dagupan St. in Manila on February 7, 2024. STAR / Ernie Penaredondo MANILA, Philippines — The Department of
THE extension of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) for another six years should ideally result in the mechanization of the country’s rice farms by around 50
Rice farmers in Kano State are worried that production in the state may decline over critical input costs and the failure of the federal government… A rice farm in Taraba State