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Rice farmers (Photo courtesy of DA Communications Group) MANILA - Despite criticisms, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar on Thursday said the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) is a game-changing reform policy that broke the decades-long inefficiency of the country's rice sector and enhanced its prospect of being globally competitive. "The RTL is a transformative reform that benefits all industry stakeholders - most particularly farmers and consumers - as it liberalizes rice...

Rice farmers (Photo courtesy of DA Communications Group) MANILA - Despite criticisms, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar on Thursday said the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) is a game-changing reform policy that broke the decades-long inefficiency of the country's rice sector and enhanced its prospect of being globally competitive. "The RTL is a transformative reform that benefits all industry stakeholders - most particularly farmers and consumers - as it liberalizes rice...

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SunStar DA notes 4.23% palay output growth in Western Visayas NEGROS. Palay production in Western Visayas grows by 4.23 percent during the first quarter of the year. (DA-Western Visayas photo) + June 13, 2021 THE Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas reported that the volume of palay (unhusked rice) produced from the 196,570 hectares of area harvested in the region during the first quarter of 2021 went up by 4.23 percent compared to that of t...

Published January 29, 2021, 5:00 PM The Department of Agriculture (DA) allocated P161 million of agriculture interventions to rice farmers in Caraga region for CY 2021. DA 13 Regional Technical Director (RTD) for Operations Rebecca R. Atega said that the bulk of intervention for this year is dedicated to the non-Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) provinces – Surigao del Norte and Province of Dinagat Islands (PDI). “Our support continues with the three provinces – Agusan del Nort...

Agriculture Secretary William Dar (MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines’ agriculture sector has survived a volcano eruption that blanketed tons of farm yield with ashes and sustained production within three quarters into the pandemic, but it only took three typhoons to expose its vulnerability. And Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) National Manager Raul Montemayor has one piece of advice to the government, which is to focus on helping farmers and fishermen recover. “We need to help the farmers f...

However, in some areas, prices still fell to as low as P10.71 per kilogram (/kg). During the first week of November, the average farmgate price of palay increased to P15.41/kg or by 0.4 percent during the period, from its level of P15.35/kg in the previous week. (MB file, JJ Landingin) Meanwhile, it declined at an annual rate of 1.3 percent, from its average price of P15.61/kg in the same week of the previous year. PSA’s weekly farmgate prices of palay report showed that some areas enjoyed ...

Published December 15, 2020, 5:00 AM As a result of the government’s decision to regulate the issuance of import permits on rice, the Philippines will now end the year with slightly lower imports of the staple. Despite this, the country is still poised to retain its status as the world’s top rice importer. In its latest report on global rice production, the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) forecast for the Philippines’ 2020 rice imports has been reduced from 2.5 million metric tons...

Every day is in these things and not this battle havent i done it. but organizers say the plastic for rice program is already bringing positive change opening an avenue for people to properly dispose of their waste. for on a because hard work has paid off and now its time for a good meal. of the know well thats it for no other stories from the region and this show are available on our website you double dot com forwards and you can find us on facebook and twitter as well. just arent enough to kn...

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