Mindanao is living up to its tagline as the country’s food basket by posting robust performance in rice and corn…
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Durian growers in the region are feeling the effects of rising oil price as production decreased by 40 percent this…
By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today
It would have been cheaper for government to source rice in the domestic market instead of importing rice abroad if there had been enough supply of rice in the country, according to the leader of the National Food Authority Employees Association (NFAEA).
By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE-TUBURAN | Davao Today
City officials voiced concerns over the continuing scarcity of cheap rice in the region, with the National Food Authority (NFA) failing to provide 60-70 percent of the city’s daily consumption.
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
The National Food Authority (NFA) is selling its special grade imported Thai rice in commercial markets here to bring down the soaring prices of rice that have gone up to as much as P52 a kilo in the previous weeks.
In one of the rice stalls on Bangoy street, Banay-banay rice sells at forty-two pesos per kilo while the 7-tonner variety sells at thirty nine pesos per kilo. Consumers were alarmed when commercial rice prices went as high as forty pesos per kilo in a week’s time. n a press conference on May 30, Department of Agriculture XI Regional Director Rogelio Chio notes a ten peso increase in the price of rice from last week’s average of 34-peso per kilo. He also cites reports that rice prices in Malalag, Davao del Sur, even went up as high as fifty pesos per kilo. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
In these times of increasing prices of rice and other basic commodities, the Filipino people are forced to swallow the…
“On top of the food crisis suffered more severely by the impoverished farmers, militarization is making life much harsher for…
By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE
Davao Today
Families are having a hard time coping with the increasing price of rice amidst the reported local and global supply shortage.
A child dozes on her mother’s shoulder while waiting for their turn to buy NFA rice in Agdao public market. (Photo by Barry Ohaylan)
Planting Rice Is Never Fun. Now that rice prices almost double and rice supply continue to dwindle, militant farmers group Kilusang Magbubukid sa Pilipinas in Southern Mindanao agitate for increased NFA procurement of local rice and for government to dismantle existing rice cartel. More pictures here.
(davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
