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MANILA, Philippines — There will be enough supply of rice amid the warning of farmers’ group Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) that the crisis experienced in 2023 could be worse in 2024, Agriculture Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Arnel de Mesa has assured the public.
MANILA, Philippines — The government will lose at least P1.18 billion monthly with the National Food Authority Council’s decision to sell old rice stocks at P29 per kilo through Kadiwa stores, the Federation of Free Farmers said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — Cutting rice tariffs to 15 percent is a stab in the back of the country’s three million rice farmers and the grain industry, according to the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF).
MANILA, Philippines — Rice prices could go down by as much as P5 per kilo if tariffs on rice imports would be further reduced, according to government estimates.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) defended yesterday the decision of the government to sell rice at P29 per kilo at Kadiwa outlets, saying it aims to benefit the poor.
MANILA, Philippines — The retail price of rice will not return to its previous level of P40 per kilo as the prevailing cost in the market remains high, farmers’ group Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) national manager Raul Montemayor said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — Palay and rice prices are expected to continue going down with the peak harvest season, according to farmers’ group Federation of Free Farmers (FFF).
MANILA, Philippines — Farmers’ group Federation of Free Farmers national manager Raul Montemayor asked Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. to include in the ongoing probe on the National Food Authority (NFA)’s questionable rice sale to some traders the alleged billions of pesos worth of fresh palay sold during previous administrations.
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s rice imports have reached almost 570,000 metric tons as of mid-February, surpassing the total imported volume in the first two months of last year by over 40 percent.