The National Food Authority (NFA)’s plan to sell rice stocks to local government units (LGUs) is illegal, a farmer’s group said yesterday.

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) will declare a food security emergency to allow the National Food Authority (NFA) to sell rice buffer stock to...

Former agriculture secretary Leonardo Montemayor yesterday said that the government should impose a maximum suggested imported rice profit instead of...

To widen the availability of affordable rice in markets, the National Food Authority would sell some of its rice stocks to local government units in...

The Department of Agriculture expects the Philippines’ palay production in 2025 will surpass the record-high 20.06 million metric tons produced in...

THE country’s rice stockpile hit a 2-year high in December, with the commercial sector and the National Food Authority (NFA) posting a bigger...

Stunted palay output, lower tariffs, and anti-smuggling efforts catapulted the country’s rice imports to an all-time high of nearly 4.7 million...

Vietnamese rice export prices declined by as much as $59 per metric ton (MT) since December due to tepid demand in the Philippines, according to the...

The International Fund for Agricultural Development Value Chain Development Programme urged rice farmers in Taraba State to intensify…

PADDY rice output fell by almost one million metric tons (MMT) last year compared to the 2023 level, dimming hopes that the local farm sector did not...