President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered a 60-day suspension of all rice importation starting Sept. 1 to protect local farmers ...

Basmati and other fancy rice varieties are not covered by the 60-day import suspension, Agriculture Secretary Francisco P.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday said it proposed the temporary ban on rice importation in September to protect local palay (unhusked rice) farmers. In an interview, DA spokesperson ...

THE further decline in the farmgate price of palay (unmilled rice) was largely caused by competition from cheap imports and the government’s subsidized P20 rice program, a farmer’s group said.