The IRDF paper offers a number of solutions to improve the current situation and head off an even bigger food crisis in the future. Rolling back the import liberalization applied to rice, since it has ...

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is urging rice-producing nations to take bold, collective action to addres ...

The paper, entitled "Philippines is a rice-deficit country: The challenges, policy innovations, and strategic interventions," was written by experts from the Integrated Rural Development ...

LEYTE Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Monday filed the first five legislative priorities for the 20th Congress, headlined by a sweeping reform of the rice sector aimed at fighting inflation and ...

OIL FIRMS have agreed to implement the pump price hike in two tranches this week to lessen the burden on consumers, the Department of Energy (DoE) said on Monday.

Philippine economic growth would likely further slow in the next two years to remain below the government’s more ambitious annual targets amid a ...

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Around 84 percent of oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz is destined for Asia, leaving the economies of China, India, South Korea and others vulnerable sho ...

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The Philippines’ rice industry is in danger of being “drowned out by cheap imports”, according to a new report, with experts also warning that prolonged policy inertia could affect the ...

In the first five months of this year, the Philippines imported 1.7 million tons of rice - down 20.9 per cent from a year ago, data from the Bureau of Plant Industry showed.

RICE arrivals have breached two million metric tons (MMT) as of June 12, based on the latest government data. Figures from the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) indicate that the pace of inbound ...