Also, in the International Rice Genebank housed at IRRI, 4,670 rice samples from the Philippines are conserved, including 4,070 traditional varieties, 485 modern varieties, and 115 wild relatives ...

The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras are authentic in form, character, and function as a direct result of the 2000 year-old and continuously maintained regime that balances climatic, ...

In the rice-obsessed Philippines, the lifting of a two-decades old cap on imports aims to break the nation out of a cycle of politically fraught price shocks. News Home Page ...

The Philippine government plans to sell some of its rice inventories at heavily subsidized prices in May as residents in the Asian archipelago turn out for midterm elections.

As part of IRRI's 50th anniversary celebrations, three speakers from the International Rice Research Institute and PhilRice concurred that the Philippines can be self sufficient in rice.

For the first time, farmers in the Philippines have cultivated Golden Rice on a larger scale and harvested almost 70 tons of grains this October. This nearly never-ending story began at ETH Zurich.

The Philippines wants to boost cooperation on rice with Vietnam to ensure its food security, Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said during a visit to Vietnam over the weekend.

The Philippine government may remove the ceiling on rice prices in two weeks as local harvests start to come in, Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual said.. The price cap, imposed last week, is ...

Exclusive: Philippine rice buyers delay 350,000 tons of Vietnamese cargoes, sources say. By Naveen Thukral. February 7, 2025 5:35 AM UTC Updated February 7, 2025 A farmer harvests ...