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President Benigno Aquino III declared 2013 the National Year of Rice to intensify the campaign to achieve rice self-sufficiency this year, despite war..

A government think tank said the country should no longer seek to extend the protectionist policy on rice through the quantitative restriction sche..

A study of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) supports the idea of instituting framework that would allow different governments in the region to coordi..

The Philippines should negotiate for more beneficial tariffs for rice with the World Trade Organization instead of seeking to extend a protectionist p..

The Philippines should no longer seek an extension of the special protection on rice traded under the World Trade Organization (WTO), according to a s..

When it comes to resolving cases of illegal recruitment, the Philippines has a low percentage rate --currently at 17 percent — a research organizati..

After several noted economists warned that lack of infrastructures could nail the Philippines at the backburner in the Association of Southeast Asian ..

The Industry Roadmap Project of the Department of Trade and Industry and the Board of Investments (DTI-BOI) is crucial for faster and more inclusive a..

TYPHOON Pablo has so far claimed 82 lives and counting, and it is feared the toll will run in the hundreds. Thousands have lost their homes. Power and..

The total value of damage to rice farming in the country from 2007 to 2010 reached P46.09 billion or an average of P11.523 billion a year, data from t..

It is highly unlikely that the Aquino administration will achieve total rice self-sufficiency or zero imports under the Food Staples Sufficiency Prog..

Rice sufficiency target is unlikely to be achieved by the country, whether in 2013 or even through the course of the decade to 2020. In a recent stud..

A study commissioned by government think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies showed the Agriculture Department’s target for rice self-..

GOVERNMENT think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has poured cold water on the Department of Agriculture`s (DA`s) program to m..

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines` goal of rice self-sufficiency by 2013 is impractical and not feasible, according to a study by the Philippine I..