Higher palay output forecast for Q1 2020
The United States Department of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service said the Philippines will remain the world’s top rice importer next year, beating…
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Farmer assistance: Solon seeks to appropriate P8.4-B
The P8.4 billion “emergency fund” in the form of conditional cash transfers would be distributed to farmers affected by the decreasing palay price, with each…
Tax exemption for fertilizers, pesticides sought
Bataan Rep. Geraldine Roman noted that while the price of palay is decreasing, in part due to the implementation of the Rice Tariffication Law, the cost of…
Local farmers get boost from NFA
The National Food Authority (NFA) announced on Friday that it has bought a total of 11.52 million bags of paddy rice or palay from local farmers across the…
Grainy future
In which case, it is again a problem of greed and inefficiency that is keeping this country from moving forward. Like a handful of palay in an open palm, we…
House okays rice fund use to buy palay from farmers
The amount to be used for the purchase of palay would be sourced from the P33.9-billion rice subsidy fund under the 2019 national budget.
Agri products still cheap despite sector growth
Even as the agricultural sector posted a substantial growth of 2.87 percent during the third quarter of the year, farmgate prices of palay or paddy rice…
Agri sector expands 2.87%
While the sector generally improved, it was noted that palay production was down 4.53 percent during the quarter.
Villar opposes rice tariff hike
Villar admitted that the declining prices of palay can be addressed easier by imposing higher tariffs but it would indicate that the country is “incompetent”.
Entire RCEF fund disbursed by yearend
The government is on track to release entirely the P10 billion-worth Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) to assist rice farmers reeling from the…
DSWD palay fund OKd
DSWD, the Department of Agriculture and the National Food Authority will be mandated to distribute the rice subsidy under the 4Ps program.
Dar urges farmers to sell ‘palay’ to NFA
Farmers claiming that their unhusked rice (palay) were being bought at PHP7 a kilo can proceed to the National Food Authority (NFA) that buys at a higher…
Q3 palay output forecast trimmed
To recall, crop losses and food inflation worries have prompted the government to approve the rice tariffication law.
NFA belies P7 palay price
Palay (rice grain) prices currently range between P12 and P13, not P7, an official of the National Food Authority (NFA) clarified on Sunday.
Hoarding blamed for low ‘palay’ prices
Dar assured that his agency and the trade department will implement the full force of the law should traders and millers refuse to cooperate. #RTL #ricetariff…
‘Disproportionate’ price drop of palay unexpected
State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said in a report that it was not expect the farmgate price drop of palay (unhusked rice)…
NFA budget hike to stem palay price drop
Policymakers and agricultural stakeholders are seeking a P15 billion hike in the budget for the National Food Authority (NFA) to allow it to directly procure…
Rice-producing provinces told: Adopt value chain
Three provinces — Isabela, Ilocos Norte and Nueva Ecija — have kick started a value chain where they buy palay directly from farmers.
NFA denies diverting P5.1 billion
The National Food Authority (NFA) said yesterday the P5.1 billion subsidy granted to the agency in 2017 was fully utilized for the procurement of grains like…
Bring palay to NFA, get loan priority
“The NFA assured continuous support to farmers.