By Dexter Barro II The country’s rice imports last year reached 3.37 million metric tons (MT), nearly 30 percent lower than the record high in 2024, amid the imposition of an
Chu Khôi Export revenue hitting $4.02 billion. Vietnam exported 7.85 million tons of rice in 2025, generating $4.02 billion in revenue, according to the Ministry of Agriculture
By: Jordeene B. Lagare – Reporter MANILA, Philippines – The benchmark for international rice prices fell to its lowest level in six years in 2025, although it crept
By Vonn Andrei E. Villamiel FILIPINO RICE FARMER Elvira C. Fadriquelan knew the numbers would not work long before she sold her wet-season harvest in October.
By Vonn Andrei E. Villamiel THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said the proposed Rice Industry and Consumer Empowerment (RICE) Act is being configured to arrest low farmgate
Reuters BENGALURU, BANGKOK, MUMBAI, HANOI AND DHAKA: India rice export prices rose to a near three-month high this week to reflect higher local paddy costs, even as traders in
By: Logan Kal-El M. Zapanta Will 2026 be the year the Marcos administration fully delivers on its campaign promise of bringing rice prices down to P20 per kilo? That is
Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News MANILA — Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has announced an expansion of the government’s P20-per-kilo rice program this 2026,
By John Reidy MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Typhoon-related losses and challenging post-harvest conditions are taking their toll on 2025-26 rice production for the Philippines, but