Rice Industry’s March Towards Agriculture 4.0 provides an overview of what data are already available and the direction to which the Department of Agriculture (DA) is headed in terms of achieving data-driven development in...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Ma. Ophelia Butalid-Echaves In an effort to address the years of stagnation of the rice sector, the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) was signed into law on Feb. 14, 2020. The RTL should increase the rice...
Read MoreIn the midst of declining farmgate prices of palay, local think tank Action for Economic Reforms (AER) reaffirms the urgency of the targeted implementation of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Program (RCEP). In AER’s latest...
Read More“Many industries have been negatively affected by the global health crisis but the rice industry has proven to be somewhat resilient,” Action for Economic Reforms (AER) said in a report titled “The Rice...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS Some politicians — pro-administration and anti-administration — and organized farmers have recently stepped up the call for amending the Rice Tariffication...
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