The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) will provide a free Tacloban-Samar roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) trip starting June 18 for cargo ...

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is urging rice-producing nations to take bold, collective action to addres ...

THE Philippines has overtaken all other countries to become the world's top rice importer in 2024, an ominous milestone that ...

TACLOBAN CITY (PIA) – Leyte Gov. Carlos Jericho Petilla has appealed for calm and sobriety amid growing public concern over ...

Norvie Manigbas, chief science research specialist for plant breeding and biotechnology at the Philippine ... when it comes to rice farming. “At least for the rice industry, I think the loss ...

I believe that the President's move is in the right direction as he attempts to turn this mild crisis as an occasion for renewal. The President still has ample time to provide a better path for the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The ... production of palay or unmilled rice slightly increased in the first quarter of this year. Data from the Bureau of Plant Industry showed that inbound grains totaled ...

Rice farmers have raised the alarm over the collapse of Nigeria’s rice industry, attributing the shutdown of local mills and mass job losses to cheap imports, insecurity, and lack of government ...

Scientists used two IR-series rice varieties, indigenous to the Philippines, to develop MMSD. IR-8, famous variety of the IR series, was considered ‘miracle rice’ in the 1970s. It helped ...

THE Philippine government will expand its subsidized rice program to more provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao starting in July, as it expects long queues for the P20-per-kilo staple, the country’s ...

A vendor praised the PhP20-per-kilo rice offered under the Kadiwa ng Pangulo program, noting that the cooked rice remains flavorful and high-quality despite its affordable price. In an interview with ...