Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. is seeking for the gradual return of rice import tariff rate from the current 15% back to 35% as an abrupt increase could undermine efforts to bring down ...

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

MANILA, Philippines - The United States anticipates a hike in agricultural exports to the Philippines this year amid several ...

The initiative combines food affordability with farmer support through government-backed pricing and distribution.

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

House Speaker Martin Romualdez has expressed optimism with the potential institutionalization of the Marcos administration’s ...

Thailand has secured more than 500,000 tons in new rice export orders following trade discussions at the Thailand Rice ...

By Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, Senior Reporter TARIFF SCHEMES like seasonal duties are not enough to stabilize rice supply in the Philippines, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said, citing the need ...

Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia's National Food Agency (Bapanas) announced on May 27 that the Government would process food waste ...

Last year, the Philippines imported ... importing countries are reducing their rice imports. Poonpong Naiyanapakorn, Director of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO), explained that rice ...

“The strategy (of implementing EO 62) largely failed as importers and traders pocketed most of the savings from the tariff cuts instead of passing them on to consumers,” he said. Rice imports ...