Reports on shortages of Asia’s favorite staple is raising rumors of a possible ‘rice revolution’ this year in the Philippines.

In the rice-obsessed Philippines, the lifting of a two-decades old cap on imports aims to break the nation out of a cycle of politically fraught price shocks. News Home Page ...

Higher farm input and labor costs jacked up the average cost of producing palay or unmilled rice last year, according to ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos is not expecting a rice crisis to hit the country during the lean months, but he remains open to importation to ensure enough supply of the staple.

The paper proposes replacing the RTL with the Rice Industry Sustainable Development Act, which is a sound suggestion. Other recommendations made by the IRDF paper are a bit more problematic, ...

Last week Malacañang announced that the National Food Authority wanted to import 330,000 metric tons of rice under a government-to-government arrangement, through the Office of the President or ...

The Philippines is gearing up to scrap more than two-decade-old caps on rice imports in the face of raging inflation and the possible threat of trade sanctions over the policy, a revamp that could ...

The country’s average per capita consumption of rice declined by 6 percent to 103.25 kilograms (kg) in 2018 from 109.874 kg in 2016, according to the latest report from the Philippine Statistics ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr vowed on Monday to do what it takes to boost his country's rice and corn production, seeking to reduce reliance on imports and avoid being hit hard by a ...

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Rice inflation in the Southeast Asian nation increased at the fastest pace in almost five years in August, reviving memories of a 2018 shock that led to the end of a two-decade-old limit on imports.