{"id":6023,"date":"2023-07-30T20:08:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T20:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/?p=6023"},"modified":"2023-07-30T20:08:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T20:08:08","slug":"no-rice-shortage-amid-egay-onslaught-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/no-rice-shortage-amid-egay-onslaught-da\/","title":{"rendered":"No rice shortage amid Egay onslaught \u2013 DA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-51.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-51.png 800w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-51-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-51-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-51-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2014 A ranking Department of Agriculture (DA) official yesterday gave assurance of enough supply of rice despite the devastation brought by Typhoon Egay in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture Assistant Secretary Rex Estoperez cited the projection of the office of Undersecretary for policy, planning and regulations Mercedita Sombilla, which calculated a surplus of rice for at least 67 days at the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe super typhoon (Egay) happened after the harvest. Right now, the affected standing palay crops are still in the early stage,\u201d Estoperez said in an interview with The STAR, adding that the wet season harvest would start by late September and run until December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The targeted palay production for 2023, according to the official, could still be reached if the affected farmers will be able to plant again for the wet season and \u201cif no other calamity will hit us, like the expected El Ni\u00f1o phenomenon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that aside from the good palay harvest during the first six months, rice imports also contributed to the country\u2019s inventory. Based on data from the Bureau of Plant Industry, 3.8 million metric tons (MT) of imported rice already arrived in the country as of June 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Estoperez also warned that the spike in the retail prices of rice would persist after the decision of India to ban its export of the staple food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe export ban of India will further result in the increase in the price of rice in the world market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Estoperez, based on the information from importers, the rice in the world market increased to $560 per MT from $520 per MT and may go up further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe imported rice was already high and Vietnam increased its prices. There was also information that other rice importing countries also source their rice from India and the ban will further result in the spike of rice prices in the world market,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following this, Estoperez said efforts are now being done to improve local palay production to lessen the country\u2019s dependence on importation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official also said that the government still targets to achieve the P20 per kilo of rice promised by President Marcos during the campaign period in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can still hit the P20 per kilo on the assumption that we provide all the farm inputs needed by our farmers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Estoperez, the government\u2019s focus is to attain food security and address the impact of climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe problem is climate change, that is why the President said it is important to address food security and climate change. We can still achieve food security but we cannot prevent the movement in the retail prices every time there is a calamity,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on monitoring of the DA, the retail prices of local regular milled rice are pegged to as high as P44 per kilo; local well-milled rice, P49 per kilo; local special rice, P60 per kilo; imported well-milled rice, P48 per kilo; imported premium rice, P50 per kilo and imported special rice, P58 per kilo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2014 A ranking Department of Agriculture (DA) official yesterday gave assurance of enough supply of rice despite the devastation brought by Typhoon Egay in the country. 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