Nothing golden about ‘railroading’ golden rice distribution: MASIPAG
Farmer-scientist group Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) slammed agriculture secretary William Dar for “railroading” golden rice (GR) distribution in the Philippines.
Published on: 11/04/2022Category:
Philippines rice production to stay flat in 2022-23
Rice production in the Philippines in 2022-23 will stay flat with last year’s record at 12.4 million tonnes,
Published on: 29/03/2022Category:
Almost 700K rice farmers benefit from RCEF Mechanization Program
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has been upgrading the rice farmers’ methods of doing work by providing free machinery and equipment.
Published on: 16/03/2022Category:
RCEF helps PH maintain food security amid pandemic
The Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) contributed largely to the Philippines’ food security amid the Covid-19 pandemic, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Thursday.
Published on: 04/03/2022Category:
Almost 2K Northern Samar rice farmers get cash aid
Nearly 2,000 rice farmers in Northern Samar have received cash aid from the central government under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund – Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA), the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported on Tuesday.
Published on: 02/03/2022Category:
RCEF boosts growth in rice production in Caraga
The Philippine Rice Research Institute in Agusan (PhilRice-Agusan) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday recognized the contributions of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) program in the increase of rice production in the Caraga Region from 2019 to 2021.
Published on: 23/02/2022Category:
300MT rice for ‘Odette’ victims arrive from Japan
Japan Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko and National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Judy Carol Dansal welcomed the arrival of 300 metric tons of Japanese rice under the Asean Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) initiative at the NFA warehouse in Valenzuela City on Monday.
Published on: 23/02/2022Category:
Farmers decry low unmilled rice farm-gate prices
The farm-gate prices for palay or unmilled rice in various provinces currently ranges between P12 a kilo and P17.20 a kilo, according to various groups—levels which, farmers have complained, are too low for them to eke out a decent income.
Published on: 21/02/2022Category:
PhilRice donates 7 tons of rice to NegOcc typhoon victims
The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Negros Station based in Murcia town has donated some 7.6 tons of milled rice to the provincial government of Negros Occidental for victims of Typhoon Odette.
Published on: 18/02/2022Category: