Improved yield and competitive buying prices bolstered the palay procurement of the National Food Authority (NFA) by 263.9 ...

Lower fertilizer prices and higher yields allowed palay farmers last year to cut their production costs to a three-year low, ...

The Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the National Food Authority (NFA) for the P5 billion worth of loss it incurred after it ...

The National Food Authority procured over 2.4 million 50-kilogram bags of palay in October, the highest level in three years, ...

THE National Food Authority (NFA) said on Monday that it procured 123,561 metric tons (MT) of palay, or unmilled rice, in October, equivalent to 2.47 million sacks of 50 kilograms each. In a report, ...

The Philippines nearly became self-sufficient in rice in 2013, six years before Congress approved a measure that would transform the local rice industry. That year, the self-sufficiency ratio of rice ...

In fact, white corn is healthier than white rice because it has more fiber, riboflavin, potassium, and fewer carbs. Corn is richer in dietary fiber, fats, and protein. It has vitamins B2 and A, C, and ...

The cost of producing palay (unmilled rice) could increase even if farm input prices remain unchanged as weather disturbances have slashed yields, according to the Federation of Free Farmers ...

The new law also extends the implementation of the Rice Fund up to 2031 and triples its annual allocation to P30 billion ...

Rice and corn production in the Ilocos Region in the third quarter of 2024 jumped from year-ago levels despite the weather ...