Import - Matches

The Philippines had enjoyed the protection of quantitative restriction (QR) on rice, or rice- import caps, for more than two decades. Upon joining the..

The rice sector may get at least P27 billion in government assistance, or nearly half of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) P60.6-billion budg..

The weakening of the peso against the US dollar could make certain food items more expensive in the near-term, but it would be good for exporters as i..

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has thrown its support behind the proposal of Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez’s to replace the country&..

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has thrown its support behind the proposal of Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez’s to replace the country&..

In time for Senate committee hearing on rice subsidies, dozens of protesters trooped to the gates of the Senate of the Philippines in Pasay City, June..

Agriculture expert Dr. Roehlano Briones, Senior Research Fellow at PIDS joined the media forum on Roundtable at Lido last May 24, 2017, to discuss abo..

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has signed an order extending the quota on imported rice for three more years, heeding the recommendation of the National Ec..

The Philippines has decided to extend for three more years its quantitative restriction (QR) for rice, a measure that can benefit local farmers, accor..

Dr. Roehlano Briones, one of the authors of the book, "Unintended Consequences: The Folly of Uncritical Thinking" explains some of the inadvertent out..

The government needs rigorous analysis in formulating and implementing its policies, programs, and projects to prevent negative consequences.This was ..

BOOK LAUNCH: Unintended Consequences: The Folly of Uncritical Thinking

THE chairman of the House committee on agriculture and food has filed a bill seeking for a tariff scheme for rice after the lapse of the waiver on the..

I am pleased to share an economic brief my colleague, Christine Tang and I wrote for GlobalSource Partners (globalsourcepartners.com) a month ago.The ..

At the end of the day, things boil down to economics. And how a country addresses issues related to economics is a measurement of the boiling point. O..