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"News article about supply and demand in action"

Negros Occidental asks NFA to augment its rice supply amid shortage fears

May 05, 2020 - 2:16 PM

The province in Western Visayas is also eyeing more rice imports from Vietnam, Myanmar, and Thailand
to address temporary shortage in the months of June and July

MinDA moves to speed up rice production amid shortage fears

Apr 01, 2020 - 2:10 PM

Amid rice shortage fears due to coronavirus, Mindanao Development Authority Secretary Emmanuel
Piñol proposes a farming method that cuts production period but yields a third of farmers' usual harvest

Agriculture department 'floods' market with cheap, imported NFA rice

Sep 13, 2019 - 9:43 AM

Agriculture Secretary William Dar leads the unloading of NFA rice in Commonwealth Market in Quezn
City, which will be sold at P27 per kilo

What you can do to help Filipino rice farmers

Sep 06, 2019 - 11:06 AM

Groups urge Filipinos to buy local rice and support Filipino farmers as they feel the severe effects of the
rice tariffication law

NFA has 4.5 million bags of imported rice left unsold

Aug 28, 2019 - 6:31 PM

Senator Imee Marcos urges the National Food Authority to sell its rice stock to earn revenues that may
be used to buy more palay from locals

Rice imports undervalued? 'That's BOC's problem,' says Cynthia Villar

Jul 24, 2019 - 8:25 PM

Senator Cynthia Villar says the problem isn't in the rice tariffication law which she authored

VILLAR SPEAKS ON ACHIEVING WIN-WIN APPROACHES IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Re-elected Sen.

Cynthia A. Villar underscores the need to establish linkages between and among all the sectors of the
society—public, business and private to achieve “win-win approaches to sustainable
development.” Speaking during the European Innovation, Technology and Science Center (EITSC)
forum at Dusit Thani Hotel, Villar says sustainability is the key in environment and in other sectors,
particularly agriculture. “And when it comes to sustainability, the environment and agriculture are
interlinked,” says Villar. As the chairperson of both the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food
and Environment and Natural Resources, the senator says there is truly a direct link between food
security and environment protection. (Photo from Office of Sen. Cynthia Villar)

Rice stocks increase to 2.598 million MT in June 2019

Jul 11, 2019 - 9:40 PM

The Philippines' rice stocks as of June 1 are deemed sufficient for 81 days

Farmers in North of Manila were looking forward to a good harvest this year . Pangasinan is the
country’s third biggest rice producer, next to Nueva Ecija and Isabela provinces. But Farmers here
was worried Price of palay.Photos by Mau Victa/Rappler

Rice stocks hit 2.63 million metric tons in April 2019

May 13, 2019 - 5:35 PM

Household stocks still contribute the biggest share to the Philippines' total rice inventory despite a
14.4% drop from a year ago

Farmers in North of Manila were looking forward to a good harvest this year . Pangasinan is the
country’s third biggest rice producer, next to Nueva Ecija and Isabela provinces. But Farmers here
was worried Price of palay.Photos by Mau Victa/Rappler

Rice inventory up in February 2019 from a year ago

Mar 14, 2019 - 2:20 PM

Rice stocks grow by 19.24% in February 2019 compared to the same month in 2018

Workers stacks sacks of rice inside the NFA warehouse in Quezon City on February 19, 2019. Officials of
the National Food Authority lamented on Tuesday the 'definite' layoffs in the agency following President
Rodrigo Duterte's signing of the Rice Tariffication Law. The law, which will replace the present quotas on
rice imports with taxes, removes the NFA's power to import and distribute cheaper grain, leaving it with
the sole task of buying grain from farmers to maintain buffer stocks, said agency administrator Tomas
Escarez. Photo by Darren Langit/Rappler

A Staple Problem? History of rice crisis in the Philippines

Dec 19, 2018 - 11:00 AM

While the Philippines is known for its agricultural lands, the country continues to face recurring rice
crises over the years.

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