The country’s rice imports last year expanded by 32 percent year-on-year to 2.771 million metric tons (MMT), the second-largest import volume by the Philippines in history, latest government data showed.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed into law a bill authorizing direct monetary assistance to rice farmers, who are among the hardest-hit members of the industry as a result of

THE Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) estimated the volume of smuggled rice in 2020 at 300 million kilograms (kg), making it by far the most smuggled food commodity.

A total of 19,615 farmers from the provinces of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, and Surigao del Sur devoted their farms to certified inbred rice production in 2021.

The country’s rice production in the market year (MY) 2021-2022 will rise slightly to a record-level of 12.5 million metric tons (MMT) on the back of expanded area and improved yields nationwide, according to an international report.

MANILA – More relief packs are on their way to typhoon-hit Visayas and Mindanao after the Chinese government on Wednesday turned over 150,000 sacks of rice to the Philippine government.

THE AVERAGE consumption of well-milled rice in the top income tier in 2018 was more than six times the total of the poorest consumers, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in a report.

The country’s rice imports in January to November have expanded by more than 25 percent to 2.5 million metric tons (MMT) from 1.98 MMT a year ago, latest Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) data showed.

Although the Vietnamese rice industry has set itself an ambitious export target for 2021, domestic rice farmers and suppliers remain cautious amid the ongoing health crisis and complications in international trade.

MANILA (Reuters): The Philippines said on Wednesday (Aug 25) it has approved the commercial propagation of genetically modified Golden Rice after more than a decade of field tests that drew