The country’s rice inventory in April dipped by 11 percent to 1.64 million metric tons (MMT) because of lower rice stocks held by households, commercial traders and the National Food Authority (NFA). 

Lower rice stocks in April

17 magsasaka ng Rosario, nagtapos sa 16-week rice training

Matagumpay na isinagawa ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Batangas, sa pamamagitan ng Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAg), ang graduation ceremony ng Farmer Field School (FFS) on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for Rice noong ika-23 ng Pebrero 2024, sa 3rd Floor Conference Room, Old Municipal Building, Rosario, Batangas.

FOOD SECURITY

The Philippines has the third worst incidence of moderate to severe food insecurity in Southeast Asia at 51 million, followed by strife-torn Myanmar at 17.4 million, Indonesia at 13.6 million and Vietnam at 10.6 million, based on the latest report of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

PH has 3rd worst incidence of severe food insecurity

Buffer stocks sold to traders at a loss?

AMID skyrocketing prices of the country’s staple in the local market, a government agency entrusted with the country’s buffer stock of rice seemed amenable to selling its supply at a much lower cost – but just to a few sacred cows.

MAFIA IN CONTROL

The woeful slide of the Philippines, in practically every agricultural product, from the largest producer and exporter to the largest importer, continues to haunt our history books in agriculture.

PH now top importer of Brazilian meat

Food authority allegedly sells old rice stocks to private traders

National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Roderico Bioco has been selling, since 2023, old but still edible rice stocks to private traders even as the NFA itself is still grappling for rice stocks to fulfill its mandated buffer stocking for emergencies and calamities. 


NFA now a rice recycler? 

Cold Storage Facility For Catarman Fishers

To promote food security and, at the same time, enhance livelihood of local folks, Catarman fishermen will soon have their own post-harvest facility with cold storage technology.  


FOOD SECURITY FOR N.SAMAR

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman and Albay Representative Joey Salceda stated that it is up to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to decide whether to veto certain provisions of the proposed amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL).

PBBM to decide on rice tariffication

Despite a reduction in the cost of producing rice from P15.24 per kilogram in 2019 to P13.64 in 2023–as estimated by the Philippine Rice Research Institute–rice millers are still pushing that this has to be cut to P8 per kilogram to make the staple more affordable for most people.

Production costs of rice must be cut

Since the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 to 2022, nearly 50.9 million – or 44.7 percent – Filipinos faced moderate to severe food insecurity, said the UN's latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report published at the Manila Standard.

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