PHOTO: LEILANI CHAVEZ FOR PCIJ SAN JOSE CITY — Rice miller Marivic Violago-Belen was on the stairs of her family’s home in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija when she closed a palay deal worth hundreds of ...

File photo: A resident of Barangay Burgos in Pakil, Laguna, checks on a palay farm in Estaca port, ready for harvest in the next three months, embodying hope for a fruitful yield despite ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is optimistic about hitting a new record high in palay or unmilled rice production this year, as the government restored the P10-billion ...

MANILA, Philippines – The rice stock inventory of the National Food Authority (NFA) rose by 485.1 percent in January compared to the same period last year, recent Philippine Statistics Authority ...

The Department of Agriculture seeks an additional P9 to 10 billion for the National Rice Program MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is expecting record-high palay output in ...

Lacson said that with national rice consumption averaging 37,000 tons daily, the additional six days of reserves would require the NFA to procure approximately 300,000 tons of palay from local ...

THE FARMGATE PRICE of unmilled rice (palay) fell 17% year on year in January to an average of P20.69 per kilogram, after rice imports hit record levels last year. Month on month, the palay farmgate ...

“But the additional six days will necessitate an extra P9 billion for palay procurement considering that our palay price procurement per kilo [will] increase in 2024,” he added. Lacson noted ...

A declaration of food security emergency will allow the NFA to release its rice buffer stocks to the market and replace them with locally produced palay. Tiu Laurel has said that the unloading of ...