rice
Rice cartels: They who should be named
April 11, 2025
The Rice Tariffication Law has allowed unscrupulous traders to proliferate which would explain why rice prices stay high even if all other factors indicate that prices should be lower.
What happened to our rice, IRRI?
April 4, 2025
IRRI’s 65 years of existence is a legacy of devastation.
PH rice industry under liberalization
February 13, 2025
PH Rice Industry Under Liberalization
June 7, 2024
Rice tariffication harmed farmers
July 26, 2021
Update on the PH rice industry
November 6, 2019
Rice tariffication puts PH food security at risk—IBON
March 2, 2019
IBON Executive Editor Rosario Bella Guzman said that non-quota tariff rice importation undermines the food security principles of supply stability and affordability. She said that in face of world market volatility, a fluctuating peso-dollar exchange rate and impending El Nino, government should seek to stabilize prices and the economy. Government will soon release the implementing […]
Cheaper rice for now, but at what cost?
February 22, 2019
by Sonny Africa The government’s economic managers claim that the new Rice Tariffication Act which takes effect on March 5, 2019 will ensure the availability of cheaper rice for Filipino consumers. They also claim that the law will make Filipino rice farmers more competitive and profitable. Yet while rice from abroad could become cheaper for […]
