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 ...

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 ...

The rice industry is not in crisis—it is in transition to a higher level of productivity and market performance. While stakeholder input is welcomed, it must be grounded in reality, guided by ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is seeking full rice self-sufficiency in four years even as the country faces a looming crisis on its ... of the Philippine rice industry.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said importation only exacerbates the “chronic problems besetting the domestic rice industry ... crisis. In 2008, the Philippines ...

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 ...

Agriculture ministers of Vietnam and the Philippines have agreed to establish a rice industry alliance between the two countries and upgrade the trade relationship to an investment partnership in the ...