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China still world's biggest rice importer: Agri Dept

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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 »

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 »

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 »

Signature campaign para suspendihin ang Rice Tariffication Law, inilunsad

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Posted at Oct 12 02:11 AM

Isinantabi naman ng Department of Agriculture ang posibleng pagtaas ng taripa sa bigas. Read more »

Inflation bumagal dahil sa Rice Tariffication Law - Pernia

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Posted at Oct 05 01:20 AM

Naitala nitong Setyembre ang pinakamababang inflation o bilis ng pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin simula June 2016. Read more »

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

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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 »

Prices of imported commercial rice remain high amid rice tariffication law

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Posted at Sep 19 11:49 PM

Prices of imported commercial rice remain high despite the implementation of the rice tariffication law. Read more »

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

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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 »

Magtanim ay 'di biro

Editorial cartoon by Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 08:48 PM

Indeed, planting rice in the Philippines has never been fun to most Filipino rice farmers, as the popular folk song goes. Read more »

NFA humirit ng dagdag-pondo sa pagbili ng mga palay

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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 »

DA vows strict implementation of rice tariffication law

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Posted at Sep 05 12:46 AM

With rice supply issues blamed as one of the main drivers of higher inflation last year, the Philippine agriculture department vowed strict implementation of the rice tariffication law to ensure prices are within government's target. 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 »

Ilang magsasaka kabado, galit sa 'masamang epekto' ng rice tariffication law

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Updated as of Sep 04 09:54 PM

Iginiit ng mga magsasaka na tila hindi raw nakita ng pamahalaan ang masamang epekto ng batas sa kanilang kabuhayan. Read more »

Solon reminds Duterte to invoke measures protecting farmers as palay price falls

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Posted at Sep 04 06:25 PM

House Committee on Ways and Means chairman and Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda on Wednesday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to impose laws meant to protect local farmers from the influx of imported rice.  Read more »

‘May nagsasamantala’: Agri chief eyes hoarding in palay price drop

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 04:33 PM

Hoarding by some trades might have caused the drop in the price of palay or rough rice, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said Wednesday. Read more »

'Subsidiya, di pautang, ang kailangan ng mga magsasaka'

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Posted at Sep 03 08:47 PM

Sabi ng mga magsasaka, subsidiya ang makakatulong sa kanila sa gitna ng pagbagsak ng presyo ng palay.  Read more »

Presyong P7-P11 kada kilo ng palay sa Nueva Ecija idinaing

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Posted at Sep 02 07:17 PM

Nasa P7-P11 ang presyo ng kada kilo ng palay mula P17-P20 noong 2018, ayon sa magsasakang si Ruben Turdil. Read more »

4 million bags of imported rice still in NFA warehouses, admits administrator

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 07:25 PM

MANILA - Senators Cynthia Villar and Imee Marcos on Wednesday grilled the chief of the National Food Authority (NFA) for the agency’s failure to sell some 4 million bags of imported rice in its warehouses. Read more »

P20-billion emergency aid sought for farmers hurt by rice imports

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Posted at Aug 14 11:58 AM

The government should give P20 billion in emergency cash assistance to farmers who have suffered income loss due to unrestrained rice imports, Sen. Francis Pangilinan said Wednesday. Read more »