The region with the lowest farmgate price can be found in Calabarzon, where palay is bought at P17.34 per kilogram. NFA Administrator Larry Lacson said the agency has instructed farmers in Ilocos ...

He added that the bill could immensely help the province by leveling the playing field. “Kasi in this very competitive tourism industry, we have no white beaches, we have no perfectly cone-shaped ...

LAOAG CITY, Philippines — The Department of Tourism (DOT) has teamed up with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to promote birdwatching in Ilocos region. This initiative ...

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Ilocos regional office has assured that the region's aquaculture ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a ...

The Bagnos Multi-Purpose Cooperative is transforming the lives of farmers here with its rice coffee enterprise, which hit around PHP3.2 million in sales in 2024. With a startup capital of only ...

(Photo: ADD/PIA-10/Lanao del Norte) LINAMON, Lanao del Norte (PIA) — Amruding Talib, a farmer from Tagoloan, initially doubted the potential of hybrid rice. But after seeing the new variety flourish ...

Kakinada: Telangana government has begun exporting rice to the Philippines from Kakinada Anchorage Port. As part of the first shipment, 12,500 metric tonnes of rice, worth Rs.45 crore, will be ...

As of March 13, the Philippines imported a total of 641,000 metric tons of rice — almost half of the amount in nearly the same period in 2024 MANILA, Philippines – The Department of ...

Vice President and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo, has assured rice farmers in Region Two that steps will be taken to assist them with the struggle to find ...

AT ONE TIME. DOHERTY AND RICE FARMERS WOULD BURN THEIR FIELDS AFTER THE FALL HARVEST TO PREPARE FOR SPRING, BUT THAT PRACTICE WAS BANNED BY THE STATE IN THE EARLY 90S. AFTER 1991, WHEN THE LIMITED ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo in Japan have conducted a six-year field experiment using an agrivoltaics system with lowland rice growing underneath. The on-farm trial was conducted in ...