The release of rice stocks will also allow the NFA to empty its warehouses in time for the harvest season. Prices of the staple grain have been on the rise in the Philippines since July 2023 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture ... that the early release of P10 billion from the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) under the 2025 national budget will help ...

One in four Filipinos farm the land Yet Philippines is now world’s top rice ... field dried up, forcing many of his neighbors ...

He said that NFA warehouses are swamped, storing around 300,000 metric tons of rice. “This would allow the NFA to free warehouses also to be able to buy more palay in the next harvest season ...

The Philippines said it’s taking more steps to lower rice prices, which officials said have remained high despite hefty tariff cuts, sufficient supply and lower costs in the global market.

The Philippines on Monday declared a food security emergency to bring down rice prices, which officials said have remained high despite hefty tariff cuts. “This emergency declaration allows us ...

Feb. 6 (UPI) --Four people were killed when a U.S. military-contracted plane crashed in a rice field in southern Philippines on Thursday, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command announced. A U.S. Marine and ...

US military-contracted plane crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines Thursday, killing all four people on board, US Embassy and Philippine officials said. The Civil Aviation Authority of ...