MANILA, Philippines — A group of rural workers’ advocates urged the Philippine government to impose a floor price for palay (unmilled rice) to arrest the decline in retail prices of the staple ...

A farmer threshes newly harvested palay grains at a ricefield in Mogpog, Marinduque in central Philippines, March 22, 2016. — REUTERS THE Department of Agriculture (DA) signaled its openness to a ...

THE National Food Authority (NFA) said on Sunday that it plans to procure around 880,000 metric tons (MT) of palay, or unmilled rice, this year. The planned volume will allow the NFA to meet its ...

DA spokesman Arnel de Mesa says the agency is already reviewing the placement of a floor price for palay MANILA, Philippines – A farmers’ group is urging the Philippine government to impose a ...

The first dry crop started in November 2024 and covered 148,000 hectares. Farmer Ferdinand Ramos said he earned only 16 sacks of palay during the last cropping season and is hopeful that this second ...

A WOMEN farmers' group expressed anger over the persistent price decline of palay (unmilled rice) in several provinces and called on the government to take immediate action to address the issue. In a ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) signaled its openness to a proposal for a minimum buying price for palay (unmilled rice) to be set at P20 per kilogram. Agriculture Assistant Secretary Arnel V.

A WOMEN farmers' group expressed anger over the persistent price decline of palay (unmilled rice) in several provinces and called on the government to take immediate action to address the issue.

In a related development, Tiu Laurel said the DA would be maintaining the maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) on imported premium rice at P45 per kilo for the next two months to prevent palay ...

This variety matures in just 107 days, with a potential yield of up to 5.6 tons per hectare—equivalent to 112 50-kilo bags of palay. PhilRice data showed that Marinduque farmers harvested a total of ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has noted that rice imports would be lower than last year due to high carry-over stocks and projected better domestic palay harvest this year. Aside from this ...