BY CHINO S. LEYCO Filipinos are projected to up their rice intake this year, solidifying the country’s rank as the sixth-largest consumer of this grain worldwide, the
A worker arranges sacks of rice at a local rice store in Quezon City on October 4, 2023. MANILA, Philippines — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected an
MANILA: The rice supply in the Philippines is sufficient through the first half of this year, ensuring the stable price of the country’s main food staple, an agriculture
By TED CORDERO, GMA Integrated News The Philippines is projected to import more rice than initially estimated this year, further making the country the world’s top importer of
This paper analyses the challenges of various types of capital assets to Indigenous rice farming in Bali, Indonesia, and Ifugao, the Philippines. Resilient rice farming in
By Ma. Teresa Montemayor. SUFFICIENT SUPPLY. Green rice ear filled with grains. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu-Laurel Jr. assured the public on Thursday (Feb. 8, 2024)
Reports say in the first eight months of 2023, India sold rice worth over 500 million dollars to South Asian countries. A farmer works on rice saplings at a paddy field on the
The arrangement is an encouraging example of Southeast Asian solidarity and regional self-sufficiency. A rice stall on the ground floor of the Central Public Market in Bacolod
Overall price growth down but global conditions cause food costs to climb. Farmers plant rice seedlings that are part of a breeding program for late-maturing varieties, at the