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Palace wants improved irrigation systems as PH 'tops' China in rice importation

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 05:48 PM

Malacañang on Tuesday stressed the need to improve the country’s irrigation systems to address problems on rice production, following reports that the Philippines has surpassed China as the world’s biggest rice importer of 2019. 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 »

Syrian vlogger pinakyaw ang bigas ng magsasaka para sa Mindanao quake victims

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 04:50 AM

Pinakyaw ni Basel Manadil ang panindang bigas ng isang magsasaka sa Pampanga para gawing donasyon sa mga nasalanta ng lindol sa Mindanao. Read more »

May pakinabang ba ang mga magsasaka sa Rice Tariffication Law?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 08:51 PM

Ano nga ba ang epekto ng Rice Tariffication Law sa mga magsasaka? 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 »

Mga preso sa Surigao, nag-donate ng 30 sakong bigas para sa mga nasalanta ng lindol

Richmond Hinayon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 08:44 PM

Aabot sa 600 na preso ng Surigao City Jail ang nagbigay ng 30 sakong bigas na pangkunsumo sana nila, para sa mga na apektohan ng lindol sa Cotabato province at Davao Del Sur. Read more »

Inflation holds steady in October, below government target

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 05 11:12 AM

Governor Benjamin Diokno of the Bangko Sentral said Monday there would be no more cuts in the benchmark interest rate and the reserve requirement ratio or RRR for banks for the rest of 2019. Read more »

Inflation likely at 0.5 to 1.3 percent in October: BSP think tank

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 12:45 PM

Lower domestic oil and rice prices likely offset upward pressures from higher electricity, water and LPG rates as well as higher costs of some food items, the think tank said in a statement. Read more »

Farmers say African swine fever issue contributed to drop in unhusked rice prices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 12:08 AM

Aside from hog raisers and meat processors, the African swine fever problem is now seen to be affecting local rice farmers as well. Read more »

Farmer's group seeks higher tariffs on imported rice

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 10:19 AM

The government should consider raising tariffs on imported rice to help local farmers compete, Alyansa Agrikultura says. Farmers are coping with the new tariff-based regime that aims at bringing down the price of the staple. The duties replaced import quotas. Read more »

Gov't to nearly triple local rice purchases, scraps safeguard duty proposal

Reuters
Posted at Oct 28 06:43 PM

The government will nearly treble rice purchases from local farmers this year, officials said on Monday, after it rejected a proposal last week to impose safeguard duty. Read more »

PH Competition Commission to intensify crackdown on rice cartels

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 12:08 AM

The Philippine Competition Commission gets some much-needed help from the budget department and the Supreme Court in its investigations. Read more »

DTI rejects safeguard tariffs on imported rice, warns of faster inflation

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 07:51 PM

Farmers' groups and agriculture advocates have been calling for the imposition of safeguard duties on rice to protect local farmers amid an influx of cheap imports.  Read more »

Agri chief: Implementing rice competitiveness enhancement fund not late

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 11:39 PM

The government is set to play catch-up for the rest of the year with the implementation of the P10-billion rice competitiveness enhancement fund. 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 »

Rice farmers find relief in digital economy as prices fall

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 12:25 PM

BigasPh, which Valdez co-founded, takes orders from the provinces including Nueva Ecija and Banaue and delivers the grain to consumers in the capital. The staple is bought from farmers at a "fair price," she said 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 »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 15, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 01:24 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Women protest Rice Tariffication Law

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 15 05:26 PM

Women members of the National Movement For Food Sovereignty (NMFS) stage a protest in front of the Department of Agriculture headquarters in Quezon City on Tuesday. Read more »