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Pakiusap ng DA sa mga kritiko: Bigyan ng tsansa ang rice tariffication law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 08:05 PM

Dahil dito, walang nakikitang dahilan ang Department of Finance para ipatigil ang pagpapatupad ng batas.  Read more »

China still world's biggest rice importer: Agri Dept

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 11 07:19 PM

The USDA-FAS uses a different set of statistics in its projection compared to the “official” data being used by the DA, Assistant Secretary Noel Reyes told radio DZMM. Read more »

Palay na lubog sa baha, pilit na inani ng magsasaka sa Cagayan

Harris Julio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 10:37 PM

Hinangaan ng netizens ang isang magsasakang pilit na inani ang kaniyang mga tanim na palay sa kabila ng pagkalubog ng kaniyang taniman sa bayan ng Aparri sa Cagayan.   Read more »

Philippines' agricultural sector rebounds with 2.9 percent growth in Q3

Reuters
Posted at Nov 06 10:44 AM

The country's crop output, which accounted for 45.2 percent of the total agricultural production, climbed 2 percent despite a 4.53 percent drop in paddy rice harvest amid an El Nino-induced dry weather and the liberalization of rice importation. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 21, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 11:13 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Protesters call for repeal of rice tariffs

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 04:04 PM

Farmers and advocate groups burn an effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte as they call for the repeal of a law that replaced quotas on rice imports with taxes. The rally coincides with the 47th anniversary of a presidential directive that emancipated all tenant farmers. Read more »

Gov't readies cash aid for rice farmers hit by low prices

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 12:43 PM

Cash assistance of P5,000 per affected farmer will be released before Christmas, Agriculture secretary William Dar said on the sidelines of the Philippine-India Trade Consultations during the visit of President Ram Nath Kovind. Read more »

In the Philippines' rice granary, farmers endure falling grain prices

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 14 06:17 AM

Farmers in Nueva Ecija claimed that prices of unhusked rice or palay continue to decline after the rice tariffication law, a measure meant to ensure a stable supply, took effect in March.  Read more »

P2 bilyon inilaan pambili ng palay ng mga magsasaka sa Nueva Ecija

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 08:20 PM

Naglaan ng P2 bilyon ang provincial government ng Nueva Ecija para bilhin ang palay ng mga magsasaka. Read more »

Rice tariffication helps 'pull down' inflation: Pernia

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 04 09:58 PM

The continued deflation in the prices of rice for the last 5 months proves that the recently implemented rice tariffication law, which replaced import quotas with tax, helped ease inflation, an official said Friday. Read more »

Lawmakers want to use rice subsidy of gov't agencies to buy palay from farmers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 02:33 AM

MANILA—The House Committee on Agriculture and Food will prioritize measures seeking to authorize the use of rice subsidy from different government agencies for the purchase of palay (unhusked rice) from local farmers, Quezon City 1st District Rep. Wilfrido Enverga said Wednesday.   Read more »

Solons seek P15-billion supplemental NFA budget to buy palay from local farmers

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 04:00 PM

MANILA - Over 50 lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday filed a resolution seeking a supplemental P15-billion budget to allow the National Food Authority (NFA) to buy palay from local farmers as prices plummet due to imports. Read more »

Lower palay prices, African swine fever to weigh on farm sector: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 04:09 PM

At least 10 percent of Philippine household or 3 million Filipinos are engaged in the rice and hog sector, Teneo managing director Bob Herrera-Lim told ANC. Read more »

Ilang magsasaka balak ibenta ang mga palay sa NFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 07:43 PM

Pinag-iisipan na ng ilang magsasaka sa Cotabato, Maguindanao at Leyte na ibenta sa National Food Authority ang mga aanihin nilang palay.  Read more »

Grupo lumikha ng palay na kayang mabuhay sa tag-init, tag-ulan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 08:39 PM

Mahigit 2,000 klase ng palay ang ginawa na kayang labanan ang tagtuyot, baha, saltwater, at mga peste. Read more »

ALAMIN: Ayuda para sa mga magsasakang sapul ng rice tariffication

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 05:20 PM

May mga ayudang nakukuha ang mga magsasaka sa rice tariffication law, ayon sa Department of Agriculture.  Read more »

Liberal Party solons want to use P13 billion in funds as cash aid for rice farmers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 05:00 PM

MANILA - Members of the House of Representatives from the Liberal Party on Wednesday filed a joint resolution that would authorize the use of some P13 billion in funds as cash assistance for farmers amid the drop in the price of palay or rough rice. Read more »

NFA humirit ng dagdag-pondo sa pagbili ng mga palay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 08:58 PM

Inutusan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang National Food Authority na bilhin ang palay ng mga lokal na magsasaka.   Read more »

Duterte orders NFA to buy palay from local farmers amid rice tariffication law

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 04 11:02 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday ordered the National Food Authority (NFA) to buy palay, or unhusked rice, from local farmers to help them cope with the effects of the Rice Tariffication Law. Read more »

Presyo ng bigas sa ilang pamilihan nananatiling mataas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 08:37 PM

Mataas pa rin ang presyo ng bigas sa ilang lugar kahit bagsak na ang presyo ng palay at dagsa na ang imported rice.   Read more »