San Fernando, Pampanga—Central Luzon, the rice granary of the country, continues to have bountiful harvests despite markets being flooded by imported rice.
Benjamin Balthazar, operations...
To help ease difficulties faced by Filipino farmers with the transition to the ‘tariffied’ rice importation regime, Senator Cynthia Villar on Tuesday said that...
"We need monitoring mechanisms to ensure the economic viability of the current rice trade in the country."
Since the enactment of the Rice Tariffication Act,...
Citing the adverse effects of the tariffication of rice imports to rice farmers, a legislator from Mindanao proposed their inclusion in the Conditional Cash...
Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III agreed over the weekend to extend unconditional cash assistance to help rice farmers adjust...
House Speaker Gloria Arroyo on Sunday called for the proper implementation of the Rice Tariffication Act that would lift import restrictions on rice to...
THE Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas on Sunday urged the government to help rice farmers amid several issues besetting the industry, including reports on fake...
