Agriculture - Matches

NEARLY a year after facing the wrath of avian influenza, the local poultry sector grappled with a familiar foe: price.In August of 2018, in fact, the ..

MANILA, Philippines — The Duterte administration should “strike a delicate balance” in implementing the rice tariffication law by ma..

A WEAK peso will not have much of an impact on the domestic price of rice for now as imports from traditional sources, such as Vietnam, remain relativ..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) will hold a public symposium on "Competition I..

It’s sad to reminisce the time when the country basked in the glory of being Asia’s agricultural hotshot. Our picturesque, verdant fields ..

PHILIPPINE Network of Food Security Programmes condemns President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s signing of the Rice Tariffication Bill. This just justif..

FORMER Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile on Sunday warned that implementation of the rice tariffication law might lead to “over supply” o..

MANILA, Philippines — The government is not getting the most out of its investments in irrigation as costs far outweigh benefits, according to a..

House Speaker Gloria Arroyo on Sunday called for the proper implementation of the Rice Tariffication Act that would lift import restrictions on rice t..

The pushback of rice farmers to the lifting of quantitative restrictions on rice imports is expected and understandable. The entry of more inexpensive..

Deputy Speaker and AAMBIS-OWA party-list Rep. Sharon Garin is pushing for the passage of a bill seeking to safeguard the rights and support the develo..

This study assesses the performance of the sugarcane block farming (SBF) as a land consolidation model for increasing farm productivity and income of ..

The die has been cast. Neo-liberal economic policy-makers have won the day, and the livelihood of four million Filipino rice farmers now lies at stake..

RICE was very much at the center of the political debate in 2018, from its starring role in stoking inflation to the future of the National Food Autho..

MANILA – Farmers, rice millers and employees of the National Food Authority (NFA) warned consumers of more expensive rice if President Rodrigo D..