The Philippines’ local palay (unhusked rice) production may hit as high as 20.4 million metric tons (MMT) this year, the ...

A maximum suggested retail price of P58 per kilo for imported rice takes effect today as the government appears set to declare a “food security emergency.

“Around the world in 2024, three out of four people experienced at least 31 days of extreme heat.” ...

The Department of Agriculture is expected to declare a food security emergency on rice on January 22 amid surging prices of ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is optimistic about hitting a new record high in palay or unmilled rice production this ...

Laurel said this forecast is credited to the directive of President  Marcos to restore the agency’s budget for rice ...

DA Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said the agency is forecasting a drop in prices of pork, fish, vegetables, and rice.

The National Food Authority (NFA) is set to buy at least 300,000 metric tons (MT) of rice in 2025, with Agriculture Secretary ...

The 2015–16 El Niño has likely reached its end ... as well as higher sea levels due to warmer waters and weaker trade winds. In the Philippines, drought was declared in 85% of provinces. Indonesia ...

As the weather improved after months of intermittent rain and series of typhoons, the women planters in the third district of Albay have returned to farming, in their bid to address the spiking prices ...

Weather conditions worsened by the arrival of the El Niño phenomenon also forced the ACP to reduce the draft (the submerged part of the ship) from a maximum of 50 feet to 44 feet. These ...