Agriculture

Philippines eyes Uzbekistan tropical fruits market

The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) is intensifying efforts to expand the Philippines’ presence in…

An agriculture road map like no other

The cacao roadmap (2026-2030) is unlike any other road map that exists today. The Department…

El Niño, Iran war impact seen slashing PH, Asia rice yields

SINGAPORE—The expected onset of the El Niño climate phenomenon later this year and the spike…

NFA palay purchases slump despite improved pricing

Crowded out by private traders’ aggressive buying, the unmilled rice or palay purchases of the…

Firm might have cornered bulk of pork import quotas

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is currently investigating a company for supposedly cornering a significant…

DA seen extending P50/kilo rice price cap

The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the price cap of P50 per kilogram (kg) on…

PH Q1 palay output down 6.3% to 4.4M MT

Local palay production dropped 6.3 percent in the January to March period to 4.4 million…

BIZ BUZZ: FAO PH welcomes new member

The Philippine office of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has welcomed a new team…

The agriculture sector’s fight against smuggling

The Philippine government should continue and further increase its support for the antismuggling efforts of…

Good until April 2027: PH secures rice supply from Vietnam

The Philippines and Vietnam have forged a one-year rice supply agreement to ensure the availability…