or approximately PHP 1.78 trillion worth of crops like rice, corn, sugarcane, coconut and numerous fruits and vegetables. Farmers make up 25% of the employed population in the Philippines, or around ...

Citing the country’s increasing rice production, President Marcos remained optimistic of sustaining his administration’s ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA), through its Masagana Agri-Food Infrastructure Modernization (MAFIM) program, has ...

and we intend to maximize purchases during the ongoing summer harvest,” said NFA Administrator Larry Lacson. “This will support the government’s initiative to provide more affordable rice to Filipino ...

A national farmers’ group in the Philippines has called on the government to remain vigilant against the hoarding of and profiteering from rice as climatologists warned about a prolonged dry season ...

Marcos Jr. said the country will enjoy a strong supply of rice up to early next year thanks to the efforts as well as the abundant harvest of Filipino farmers. This was seconded by an official of ...

“We were not able to harvest any rice ... yet to receive any government compensation. The Rice Tariffication Law was supposed to help Filipino farmers by channeling import taxes into a Rice ...

and that they aim to maximize purchases during the ongoing summer harvest. “This will support the government’s initiative to provide more affordable rice to Filipino consumers,” Lacson said.

NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur (PIA)—Farmers in Camarines Sur are turning to bio-fertilizers as a cheaper alternative to inorganic ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Federation of Filipino Chinese ... The farmer’s group argued that rice growers could incur total losses of P33 billion, based on a harvest of 11 million tons of ...

seven times the amount pledged to their Filipino counterparts. Ms. Estavillo said about 100,000 farmers had signed a petition urging the government to scrap the law, strengthen rice production and ...