Agriculture - Matches

MABALACAT CITY -- The Bantay Bigas group has assailed the Department of Public Works and Highways for warning to penalize farmers drying palay on the ..

The ability of local farmers to meet consumer demand for rice decreased last year as the country’s reliance on rice imports grew.The share of lo..

THE government’s accelerated move to impose rice tariffs and lift quantitative restrictions on rice imports is touted to ease inflation. It come..

For the National Food Authority (NFA) to stay relevant in a deregulated rice industry, the country’s premier think tank said it must stop regula..

MANILA, Philippines — A dozen advocacy and non-government groups are calling on candidates to include food security and land rights on their cam..

By now, a lot of Filipinos must be throwing up their arms in desperation over the intractability of our rice problem. It has bedeviled us all these ye..

The “unimpeded” rice importation order of President Rodrigo Duterte did not only prompt an altercation between Finance Secretary Carlos Do..

AMID the threat of climate change, farmers must have a sense of security. This, in turn, will also ensure our food sufficiency.The agriculture sector ..

AMID the threat of climate change, farmers must have a sense of security. This, in turn, will also ensure our food sufficiency.The agriculture sector ..

The Senate is keen on removing the power of the National Food Authority (NFA) to import rice so it could focus on purchasing local paddy once the quan..

WE ARE basically an agricultural country but we import rice and other agri products such as onions, for example. It’s really puzzling.Philippine..

The slow adoption of new technologies has impeded the growth of the country’s agriculture industry, according to a report.Think tank Philippine ..

A rice price crisis is indeed gripping the Philippines again.In an extreme case, the price of rice shot up from P30 to P80 per kilogram in Basilan, no..

Mang Pedro, temporary construction helper, married, father of three, could not even afford the P38-lunch sold on the sidewalk. He squatted in a corner..