Some 1,500 hectares of rice fields are currently being affected by the worsening El Niño conditions in the Western Visayas province AKLAN, Philippines – Aklan’s rice
Vietnamese enterprises should seize the opportunities to increase rice exports to Indonesia which has allocated an additional rice import quota of 1.6 million tonnes for 2024 as
The reasons for Ethiopia’s food crisis are complex, but one is drought worsened by planetary heating. Some are turning towards climate-smart agriculture (CSA) as a way to
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will implement rice farming strategies that require less water, allowing farmers to continue planting rice in the face of El Niño. Complying
A farmer is spraying fertiliser in his paddy field at Char Kakra on the River Meghna in Lakshmipur. This photo was taken in October last year. Photo: Sana Ullah Sanu Defying
DEALING WITH EL NIÑO. A rice field in Negros Occidental in this undated photo. The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday (Feb. 16, 2024) said it has tapped more than 1
File – Workers carry rice on their shoulders at a Bulog food warehouse in Jakarta on February 5, 2024. The government is balancing the food crop farmers’ exchange rate
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. guarantees a steady rice supply in the first half of the year, supported by favorable harvests and rice imports from Vietnam and
What you need to know: When former Agriculture and Livestock Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi was invited to Parliament last year to speak about maize shortage in the country, he