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The Department of Agriculture (DA), led by Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., is stepping up market interventions as palay prices weaken in several major producing provinces, even as the main harvest season draws close to completion. During a consultative meeting with rice industry stakeholders, the DA noted that with about 77 percent of the national […]
The National Food Authority (NFA) started the pilot testing a 1-tonner bagging system for palay, aiming to reduce storage costs, increase warehousing capacity, and improve grain quality preservation. “This is part of our broader effort to upgrade NFA’s storage capacity with minimal cost to the government,” said Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., who also chairs […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan called for the issuance of an executive order (EO) to establish a floor price for palay (unmilled rice). This measure would apply to all government purchases and align with the full implementation of the Sagip Saka Act (Republic Act No. 11321), to ensure that farmers receive fair compensation for their hard work, […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan wants local government units (LGUs) to be more proactive in setting a floor price for government purchases of palay (unhusked rice) as he works with Malacañang and the Department of Agriculture (DA) in drafting an executive order to stabilize the price of palay and increase farmers’ incomes. In a recent meeting with […]
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. can issue an executive order to set a palay (unhusked rice) floor price for government purchases of rice products done under the Sagip Saka Act, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. Pangilinan, who has been pushing for the full implementation of the Sagip Saka Act — a 2019 law that he authored and […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan called on the National Food Authority (NFA) and local government units (LGUs) to immediately buy palay and other produce directly from Filipino farmers at fair market prices, following reports that palay is now being bought at just ₱13 per kilo in some areas.“₱13 kada kilo ang palay? Eh nasa ₱14–₱15 ang gastos […]
Rice farmers can now sell their unhusked rice or palay to the National Food Authority (NFA) at a higher and more competitive rate, following the decision of the National Food Authority Council chaired by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The resolve, which was announced by the President and concurrent Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary, was made […]
While the country’s agriculture sector posted a flat growth during the first quarter of the year (Q1 2022), the volume of production of palay and corn has slightly increased. Based on standing crop as of February 1, 2022, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that palay production for Q1 2022 may increase to 4.64 million […]
While the production of palay and poultry posted positive gains, it was not enough to pull up the performance of the country’s agriculture and fishery sector in the third quarter (Q3) of 2021. The value of the country’s agriculture and fisheries production, at constant 2018 prices, dipped by -2 6 percent (%) in Q3 2021, […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar has assured that the Philippines will have enough rice for the rest of the year, despite the implementation of a protracted community quarantine due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and other developments, that could disrupt the global rice market, such as the flooding in China. For August, Dar said that the […]