THE Philippines has overtaken all other countries to become the world's top rice importer in 2024, an ominous milestone that ...

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is urging rice-producing nations to take bold, collective action to addres ...

TACLOBAN CITY (PIA) – Leyte Gov. Carlos Jericho Petilla has appealed for calm and sobriety amid growing public concern over ...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) will provide a free Tacloban-Samar roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) trip starting June 18 for cargo ...

I believe that the President's move is in the right direction as he attempts to turn this mild crisis as an occasion for renewal. The President still has ample time to provide a better path for the ...

What’s the most important economic reform that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. can do at this stage? Is it to amend the restrictive economic provisions in the Constitution? Is it to ...

Policy failures and under-investment among factors for exacerbating country's import reliance to the detriment of the local ...

This is part of ADB’s broader plan to pour $1.5 billion across the Asia Pacific to make rice cultivation climate-resilient MANILA, Philippines ... mounting climate crisis and extreme weather ...

LAGUNA, Philippines – The Philippine government is piloting a crop insurance program using satellite technology for 1,000 rice farmers in Camarines Sur and Isabela, in a bid to speed up claims ...

Rice farmers have raised the alarm over the collapse of Nigeria’s rice industry, attributing the shutdown of local mills and mass job losses to cheap imports, insecurity, and lack of government ...

The Philippines, the world’s top rice importer, plans to look beyond its dominant supplier, Vietnam, to ensure steady supplies and competitive prices at home. The agriculture department is in ...