In celebration of its 65th anniversary, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has launched a new 10-year vision and five-year strategy aimed at harnessing the power of rice to address the ...

To further reduce rice retail prices and benefit Filipino consumers in line with the directives of President Ferdinand R.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has extended the deadline for issuing fish and seafood import permits till end of June to ...

Affordable prices of the staple grain are central to the agenda of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who also helmed the ...

Thailand has secured more than 500,000 tons in new rice export orders following trade discussions at the Thailand Rice ...

By Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, Senior Reporter TARIFF SCHEMES like seasonal duties are not enough to stabilize rice supply in the Philippines, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said, citing the need ...

Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia's National Food Agency (Bapanas) announced on May 27 that the Government would process food waste ...

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain. It ...

“The strategy (of implementing EO 62) largely failed as importers and traders pocketed most of the savings from the tariff cuts instead of passing them on to consumers,” he said. Rice imports ...

The government adjusted its import strategy to reflect the anticipated strong local harvest. De Mesa cited a report by an Indian-American agricultural economist, noting that rice importation trends in ...

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s rice imports are expected to decline this year but remain large enough to drive down the selling prices of local rice farmers despite the continuing ...