The paper links the massive amount of rice imports — 4.7 million metric tons last year, the highest amount of rice imported ...

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

Surging rice prices in the Philippines could be a warning sign for other major importers of the food staple as the fallout from India’s export restrictions continues to reverberate across Asia ...

But the DA can still import G-to-G through the Philippine International ... flexibility in averting a rice crisis. The problematic period for rice supply – with industry players warning of ...

Six powerful storms late in the season that ravaged crops and drenched vast areas of the Philippines have put the nation on track for record rice imports and raised concerns over elevated food ...

The pressure could increase in the years to come: the Asian Development Bank projects global rice demand will rise 30 per cent by 2050. In the Philippines, industry players are looking for ...

NUEVA ECIJA, Philippines — In the Philippines, people say, “Bigas ay buhay”: “Rice is life ... t afford to continue expanding. For the industry’s many contractors, the outlook ...

IN 1984, the government imported around 160,000 metric tons (MT) of rice. In the following ... McCoy's historical account of the Philippine sugar industry, the deus ex machina of local modern ...

PART I of this column argued that the Philippine agricultural sector is in crisis as the country has become highly dependent on imports for its food supply and raw materials such as rice ...

As a major importer of rice, the Philippines will have to make a decisive move to further ... it not only triggered a world food price crisis, but also created a food security issue in many countries ...

By promoting higher-yielding varieties of wheat and, especially, rice, plant-breeders in India, Mexico and the Philippines helped ... shield them from the rice crisis. A better approach would ...

All you need to know about green hydrogen UK housing crisis to get worse as rate rises bite In pictures: Inside Munich 2023 auto show Manila: Surging rice prices in the Philippines could be a ...