THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday that it downgraded its palay (unmilled rice) production forecast for this year due to the spate of tropical cyclones that hit the country late in the ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday that the series of storms that hit the country this month could further shrink paddy rice output by the end of the year. Agriculture Secretary ...

The projected 2024 palay output is equivalent to 12.69 MMT ... Figures from the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) showed that rice arrivals from January 1 to October 24 reached 3.676 MMT.

The recorded palay production losses so far have breached ... based on latest Bureau of Plant Industry data. Retail prices of imported rice in Metro Manila ranged from a low of P42 per kilo ...

The recorded palay production losses so far have breached ... based on latest Bureau of Plant Industry data. Retail prices of imported rice ranged from a low of P42 per kilo to a high of P55 ...

Philippine rice imports are inching closer to the 4-million metric ton (MT) mark, already surpassing a previous record achieved in 2022, as a confluence of typhoons and El Niño dry spell phenomenon ...

This year through Nov. 7, the country imported 3.896 million MT of rice, with nearly 80 percent coming from Vietnam, according to the Bureau of Plant Industry. It already breached the record-high ...

THE GOVERNMENT needs to improve the rice industry’s productivity to effectively address the issue of volatile rice prices, ...

Citing data from the DA-Bureau of Plant Industry, Sebastian noted that ... following multiple typhoons that hit the country.

In terms of production, Davao City has about 400 hectares of irrigated area, with the largest in Calinan District; 200 ...

Palay output for 2024 was projected to drop to 19.41 million ... Marcos Jr.’s Executive Order 62. According to the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), around 3.79 million MT of rice imports arrived in the ...