Filipino palay farmers are expected to benefit from the traditional rise in rice consumption during the election season and the increasing logistics costs that may discourage importation of the staple, an international research showed.
In a report, the United States Department of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS) said these factors might allow the Philippines to reach its goal of producing 20.4 million metric tons of palay this year against last year’s record harvest of 19.4 million MT.
It noted that the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) strong push for the use of hybrid palay seeds could help improve yields that would offset the decline in the hectar…
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