The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has provided rice combine harvesters (RCH) to two organizations of agrarian reform ...

THE Philippines could hit the 20.46 million metric tons (MMT) target palay harvest this year, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) said. Flordeliza Bordey, PhilRice Deputy Executive ...

Despite a projected higher rice output, the Philippines will still have to import about 3.5 million metric tons  of the ...

Rice prices have soared in the Philippines in recent months ... the poor rice farmers are forced to sell their harvest at exploitative prices, perpetuating a cycle of poverty and debt.

The National Food Authority (NFA) on Tuesday appealed to the consuming public to urge their local government units (LGUs) to ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) said rice imports went down by nearly half in the first quarter of 2025 on expectations of good local harvest. DA ...

There’s the expectation that local harvest this year will be ... This January, the Philippines imported 277,000 MT of rice, in February 267,000 MT, and midway through March, another 96,000 ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) launched an initiative to help farmers in ...

click image for close-up The black worker in this picture could have been harvesting rice on Arthur Middleton's plantation, or one of many other rice plantations scattered throughout the ...

on the expectation of a bumper harvest. In addition, the Philippines' temporary halt of rice imports, awaiting the upcoming winter-spring crop, also helped lower Vietnam’s rice export prices.

Even before harvesting their current crops, many farmers in Nueva Ecija are already preparing for a second round of planting.

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) said importers have reduced their overseas rice purchases in anticipation of a better local harvest, but a group also believes a recent ...