Higher farm input and labor costs jacked up the average cost of producing palay or unmilled rice last year, according to ...

Rice inflation in the Southeast Asian nation increased at the fastest pace in almost five years in August, reviving memories of a 2018 shock that led to the end of a two-decade-old limit on imports.

MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos is not expecting a rice crisis to hit the country during the lean months, but he remains open to importation to ensure enough supply of the staple.

Typhoon-hit Philippines faces rice crisis, more inflation pain as crops perish. The onslaught from six storms caused at least US$131 million of crop losses, with rice bearing the brunt of the damage.

The paper proposes replacing the RTL with the Rice Industry Sustainable Development Act, which is a sound suggestion. Other recommendations made by the IRDF paper are a bit more problematic, ...

Last week Malacañang announced that the National Food Authority wanted to import 330,000 metric tons of rice under a government-to-government arrangement, through the Office of the President or ...

The deepening rice crisis in the Philippines under the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who campaigned to reduce rice prices to 20 pesos per kilogram before becoming president in June 2022, ...

Indonesia and the Philippines already import a lot of rice. If yields do not increase, these countries will be increasingly dependent on others to feed their 400m people, according to the Nature ...

NUEVA ECIJA, Philippines — In the Philippines, people say, “Bigas ay buhay”: “Rice is life.” It’s a neutral canvas for every meal. Other foods are often served as “ulam,” the ...

Rice Crisis in the Philippines Sounds a Global Inflation Alarm Indonesia agrees on first deal with Cambodia in over a decade Malaysia implements purchase limit, starts enforcement checks ...

Rice inflation in the Southeast Asian nation increased at the fastest pace in almost five years in August, reviving memories of a 2018 shock that led to the end of a two-decade-old limit on imports.

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 and ...