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This paper analyzes the prospects of the country's agricultural sector to evolve into a high value-added sector. In particular, the paper identifies t..

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are important in many developing countries, including the Philippines. However, this sector remains much les..

The number of senior citizens, which has grown from 6.3 million in 2010 to 7.6 million in 2015, is expected to reach 11.7 million by 2025, and 22.6 mi..

Quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice importation have not worked for us. Much of the benefits from price support have been captured by the rice mill..

THE Senate Committee on Food and Agriculture wants to perpetually earmark at least P10 billion to the rice sector annually once the quantitative restr..

THE country’s economic managers renewed their call to Congress this week to pass House Bill 4904, or the rice tariffication bill, to amend the A..

Tax reform has undoubtedly coincided with a period of higher inflation risk in the country. Any man or woman on the street can tell you that the slow ..

Myrna Panaguiton, a 56-year-old on-call helper in Caloocan City, was doubtful about the prospect of cheaper rice in the market before the end of the y..

A PIDS study found that the sophistication content of the Philippines' agricultural exports from 1994 to 2014 has not improved. The country can divers..

Removing the quota on rice imports and instead slapping them with a 35-percent tariff rate will bring down domestic prices by up to P7 a kilo, the Dep..

The country’s economic managers appear bent on removing next year the quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice importation to comply with the comm..

The Philippines had enjoyed the protection of quantitative restriction (QR) on rice, or rice- import caps, for more than two decades. Upon joining the..

The rice sector may get at least P27 billion in government assistance, or nearly half of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) P60.6-billion budg..

The weakening of the peso against the US dollar could make certain food items more expensive in the near-term, but it would be good for exporters as i..

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has thrown its support behind the proposal of Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez’s to replace the country&..