Rice - Matches

Rice is the most important agricultural commodity in Western Visayas, being one of the top producers of rice in the country. Rice production, however,..

In the Philippines, the rice and corn sectors play an integral role in the agricultural economy in terms of production and employment. However, both s..

In 2017, the special treatment in rice granted to the Philippines that allows the country to maintain its import monopoly will expire. This lifting is..

. Based on PSA report, this was driven by the Services Sector which grew by 7.9 percent and the Industry growing by 8.7 percent. Meanwhile, GNI posted..

PIDS Senior Research Fellow Roehlano Briones provides an assessment of the Philippine economy in 2015 and outlook for the current year in this first i..

Commodity market fluctuations have been linked with a number of adult outcomes. Recent evidence on the lasting impact of early life conditions, howeve..

This study evaluates the achievement of the desired outcomes of the competition policies contained in the Electric Power Industry Restructuring Act of..

State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) presented a framework that would help the government in assessing competition iss..

Under the Aquino administration, premium subsidies on agricultural insurance have significantly increased, mostly due to the special programs being im..

The rice sector is regulated by the National Food Authority, with imports under a statutory monopoly. Consistent with previous studies done on the ric..

"With the Quantitative Restriction (QR) on import of rice, expected to be abolished in July, 2017, in the Philippines, it is a need of the hour to wor..

Blaming rice cartels for price manipulation cannot be considered a definitive explanation of last year's rice price hike. Sharp drop in imports is a m..

Recently, the agricultural sector in the Philippines has enjoyed robust growth driven by rapid price increases in key subsectors, namely, rubber, suga..

The rice price spike experienced in the third quarter of 2013 alarmed the public. Speculations spread about the cause of the spike, the most popular o..

The rapid appraisal is based on the interview of select players in various levels of the palay/rice value chain from Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija to Met..