Tag: Rice
Selling rice at P35/kilo not enough, says House agri panel chair
WHILE the government’s decision to sell National Food Authority (NFA) rice at P35 per kilo provides much-needed relief to consumers, there is still a...
Rice cheaper by P3/kilo at Kadiwa from today
Starting today, rice of certain varieties will be cheaper by P3 per kilo (kg) under the Kadiwa ng Pangulo’s Rice-for-All (RFA) program, the Department of...
COMMENTARY: Shallow understanding of food security
LAST time around, I wrote about the pathetic state of Philippine agriculture, particularly rice farming, and hoped that the Department of Agriculture’s plan to...
Rice inflation down to -2.3%; Tariff cuts ‘right steps’ – DA
Efforts to rein in prices of rice are paying off, made evident in the rice inflation rate of minus 2.3 percent in January 2025,...
PhilRice-Japan firm project to help cut methane emissions from rice farms
THE Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is collaborating with Japan-based Sagri Co. Ltd. and the National Irrigation Administration-Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation System (NIA-UPRIIS)...
