“Palay traders are probably anticipating that the prices of imported rice will continue to fall, so they are playing safe by buying low from farmers,” said FFF Board Chairman and MAGSASAKA ...

A WOMEN farmers' group expressed anger over the persistent price decline of palay (unmilled rice) in several provinces and ...

THE FARMGATE PRICE of palay (unmilled rice) fell 24.4% year on year in March to an average of P18.57 per kilogram, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Month on month, the palay ...

THE National Food Authority (NFA) said on Sunday that it plans to procure around 880,000 metric tons (MT) of palay, or unmilled rice, this year. The planned volume will allow the NFA to meet its ...

The National Food Authority (NFA) on Friday said it has reached nine days or more than half of the 15-day national rice ...

MANILA, Philippines — A group of rural workers’ advocates urged the Philippine government to impose a floor price for palay (unmilled rice) to arrest the decline in retail prices of the staple ...