LOWER RICE IMPORTS. Rice varieties sell between PHP35 and PHP63 per kilogram at Malabon Public Market on March 17, 2025. The Department of Agriculture’s latest data showed lower rice import arrivals ...

MANILA, Philippines — Higher buying price allowed the National Food Authority (NFA) to expand its purchases from palay farmers in January by more than eight times on an annual basis to over ...

Malacañang on Tuesday urged local farmers to seek local government units’ (LGUs) assistance for the direct selling of their palay (unhusked rice) to the National Food Authority (NFA). This, as ...

Malacañang has urged farmers to seek local government units’ assistance in directly selling their palay (unhusked rice) to the National Food Authority, which buys the dry variety for P23 to P24 ...

Meanwhile, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) estimated that as of Feb. 1, palay (unmilled rice) production is projected to reach 4.72 million MT in the January to March period. The ...

QUEZON CITY, (PIA) — The National Food Authority (NFA) is now purchasing palay from farmers at competitive prices—P24 per kilo for dry palay and P18 per kilo for fresh palay. This initiative aims to ...

Sometimes, even owners of machine harvesters or traders get a portion of the palay—if farmers owe them money. Orly Manuntag, spokesperson for the Grain Retailers Confederation of the Philippines and ...