Food production is subordinated to the profit interests of a tiny layer of wealthy landlords and ruling elites while the ...

BACOLOD CITY – Bago City in Negros Occidental continues to contribute to the province’s food security goals after being ...

Most farmers also depend on local money farm lenders ... Orly Manuntag, spokesperson for the Grain Retailers Confederation of the Philippines and co-founder of Philippine Rice Industry Stakeholders ...

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Wednesday announced that the maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for imported rice will be reduced anew on March 31 to PHP45 per kilo, following a ...

As the world’s top rice importer in 2024, the Philippines faces pressure to boost domestic production. “There’s huge potential for agricultural cooperation between China and the Philippines ...

The idea is not for golden rice to replace every other kind of rice, but rather to become one of many varieties and to direct it toward the people who need it most. During this period, I had a ...

Vietnam has cut its prices sharply to become one of the most competitive ... because newly-harvested rice has begun to arrive. Their main buyers — Indonesia and the Philippines — are fully ...

SINGAPORE – Rice importers in the Philippines have delayed purchases of around 350,000 metric tons of Vietnamese rice and are in the process of renegotiating deals, after a steep decline in prices, ...