THE Philippines has overtaken all other countries to become the world's top rice importer in 2024, an ominous milestone that ...

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is urging rice-producing nations to take bold, collective action to addres ...

TACLOBAN CITY (PIA) – Leyte Gov. Carlos Jericho Petilla has appealed for calm and sobriety amid growing public concern over ...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) will provide a free Tacloban-Samar roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) trip starting June 18 for cargo ...

I believe that the President's move is in the right direction as he attempts to turn this mild crisis as an occasion for renewal. The President still has ample time to provide a better path for the ...

What’s the most important economic reform that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. can do at this stage? Is it to amend the restrictive economic provisions in the Constitution? Is it to ...

Policy failures and under-investment among factors for exacerbating country's import reliance to the detriment of the local ...

Affordable prices of the staple grain are central to the agenda of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who also helmed the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The ... production of palay or unmilled rice slightly increased in the first quarter of this year. Data from the Bureau of Plant Industry showed that inbound grains totaled ...

The Philippines, the world’s top rice importer, plans to look beyond its dominant supplier, Vietnam, to ensure steady supplies and competitive prices at home. The agriculture department is in ...

Rice farmers have raised the alarm over the collapse of Nigeria’s rice industry, attributing the shutdown of local mills and mass job losses to cheap imports, insecurity, and lack of government ...