{"id":12156,"date":"2023-12-16T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/?p=12156"},"modified":"2023-12-16T14:46:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T14:46:08","slug":"da-assures-stable-supply-of-rice-until-next-harvest-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/da-assures-stable-supply-of-rice-until-next-harvest-season\/","title":{"rendered":"DA assures stable supply of rice until next harvest season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-21-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-21-1.png 950w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-21-1-600x399.png 600w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-21-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-21-1-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A worker arranges sacks of rice at a local rice store in Quezon City, October 4, 2023.\u00a0<em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News\/File.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATED<\/strong>) \u2014 The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Saturday said the Philippines will have a stable supply of rice until the next harvest season in March or April 2024.<br>\u00a0<br>In a media forum in Quezon City, DA Assistant Secretary Arnel De Mesa said the country has a stable local production of rice, which is expected to hit a total 20 million metric tons (MT) before the year ends.<br>\u00a0<br>The Philippines earlier imported 295,000 MT of non-basmati white rice from India. An initial 95,000 MT is set to arrive within December, while the remaining import is expected to be delivered by January.<br>\u00a0<br>Apart the from that, the country has 3.03 million MT of imported rice, as of the end of November.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cMatatag naman iyong ating local production. So, at the end, we\u2019re expecting na [ang] national stock inventory natin by the end of December\u2026is enough na maitawid natin hanggang sa susunod na harvest season come March or April,\u201d said De Mesa.<br>\u00a0<br>[[ Additional imports also usually arrive during the first quarter of the year, according to De Mesa. ]]<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cIn terms of production at iyong paparating na bigas, palagi naming sasabihin, we have a stable supply ng bigas,\u201d he said.<br>\u00a0<br>According to DA\u2019s latest monitoring, the prevailing retail price of well-milled rice is at P51-P52 per kilogram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a0DA seeks private sector\u2019s support<\/strong><br>\u00a0<br>Meanwhile, newly-minted DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. is looking to the private sector in formulating national policies and programs to fast-track the modernization of Philippine agriculture in increasing food production and ensure food security.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cThe collaboration of government and the private sector is crucial. We highlight the efforts and dedication of our partners in building sustainable set of option for the future of agriculture and fisheries,&#8221; Laurel said in a speech during the recent National Agriculture and Fisheries Volunteers\u2019 Day celebration and awarding ceremony of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF).<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cOver the years, the private sector has been an invaluable partner of the Department of Agriculture in the development process of the industry,\u201d he added.<br>\u00a0<br>Since taking over the DA early in November, Laurel has met government officials, investors, industry experts, farmers, fishermen and other sector stakeholders to drum up support for the agency\u2019s push for food self-sufficiency, reduction of agricultural products importation, and to make agriculture a career-option for the younger generation.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cPrompting people participation and ensuring sustainable development through sound policy recommendations are key factors that we can embrace to maintain a functional and holistic approach in dealing with the sector\u2019s challenges,\u201d Laurel said.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cWe&#8217;ve been stressing from day one\u2014since I was appointed as the new Agriculture Secretary\u2014the need to modernize the agriculture sector, not only to feed 118 million Filipinos but ensure food security by practicing a whole-of-nation approach,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A worker arranges sacks of rice at a local rice store in Quezon City, October 4, 2023.\u00a0Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News\/File. MANILA (UPDATED) \u2014 The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Saturday said the Philippines will have a stable supply of rice until the next harvest season in March or April 2024.\u00a0In a media forum in Quezon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[401,332,246],"class_list":["post-12156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-rice-supply","tag-rice-market","tag-rice-import"],"acf":{"enable_premium_overlay":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DA assures stable supply of rice until next harvest season - Rice News Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DA assures stable supply of rice until next harvest season - Rice News Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A worker arranges sacks of rice at a local rice store in Quezon City, October 4, 2023.\u00a0Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News\/File. 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