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                    [Title] => NFA opens importation of 187,000-MT rice
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The National Food Authority (NFA) has opened to the private sector the importation of 187,000 metric tons (MT) of high-quality rice under the minimum access volume (MAV) omnibus importation program.

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The government is projecting a rice importation range of zero to 100,000 metric tons in 2013 on expectations of better palay yield in the second half of the year. Next year, the government is also expected to lay down the ground work for rice exportation.

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Farmers here have started growing high-value fancy varieties of rice, thus nurturing hopes for a brighter future by cashing in on new technology that makes aromatic seeds easy to cultivate at a low cost.

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The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has thrown its support behind the bid of the province of Aurora to become a “haven” for fancy rice varieties.

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The National Food Authority (NFA), the rice buying authority for the Philippines, has just held its first of three December tenders, with announced purchasing efforts for the month to total 1.8 million metric tons (mmt).

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1651815 [AuthorName] => Peter Timmer And Tom Slayton / Center for Global Development [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 514908 [Title] => PRRI urged to take steps to address rice shortage [Summary] =>

Sen. Edgardo Angara has asked the Philippine Rice Research Institute to develop other varieties of rice to meet the expected shortage in supply of the country’s premier staple due to the massive devastation of crops brought about by tropical storm “Ondoy” and typhoon “Pepeng.”

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MANILA, Philippines - Despite the current global economic recession that has hit even the oil-rich Middle East, investors from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have expressed interest in investing in the Philippines, according to Agriculture Undersecretary Berna Romulo-Puyat.

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The strong demand for rice overseas as well as its tight availability makes it also difficult for suppliers to meet the rice demands of the Philippines, the USA Rice Federation said.

[DatePublished] => 2008-04-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415894 [AuthorName] => Jose KatigbakThe STAR [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Steam rises as India, Pakistan take basmati battle to EU
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                    [ArticleID] => 1403418
                    [Title] => NFA opens importation of 187,000-MT rice
                    [Summary] => 

The National Food Authority (NFA) has opened to the private sector the importation of 187,000 metric tons (MT) of high-quality rice under the minimum access volume (MAV) omnibus importation program.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/agriculture/20141026/NFA-2.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 824763 [Title] => Rice import target for 2013 set at 100,000 MT [Summary] =>

The government is projecting a rice importation range of zero to 100,000 metric tons in 2013 on expectations of better palay yield in the second half of the year. Next year, the government is also expected to lay down the ground work for rice exportation.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 622007 [Title] => 'Study hard, mga anak' [Summary] =>

It’s now a blurry distant past in June 1999 when we came to the US with my wife and little daughters (aged close to three and four), making sense of the new place that we’re in. I was relocated to work in our DC headquarters, and our nearest relatives were in Chicago and Los Angeles. Did we have fear living in the strange land? I didn't think so.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-19 14:52:02 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1125635 [AuthorName] => Angelito Lim [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 604572 [Title] => Aurora farmers plant seeds of hope [Summary] =>

Farmers here have started growing high-value fancy varieties of rice, thus nurturing hopes for a brighter future by cashing in on new technology that makes aromatic seeds easy to cultivate at a low cost.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 579253 [Title] => PhilRice backs Aurora's bid to become fancy rice haven [Summary] =>

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has thrown its support behind the bid of the province of Aurora to become a “haven” for fancy rice varieties.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 528928 [Title] => Will rice market go up in flames again? [Summary] =>

The National Food Authority (NFA), the rice buying authority for the Philippines, has just held its first of three December tenders, with announced purchasing efforts for the month to total 1.8 million metric tons (mmt).

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1651815 [AuthorName] => Peter Timmer And Tom Slayton / Center for Global Development [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 514908 [Title] => PRRI urged to take steps to address rice shortage [Summary] =>

Sen. Edgardo Angara has asked the Philippine Rice Research Institute to develop other varieties of rice to meet the expected shortage in supply of the country’s premier staple due to the massive devastation of crops brought about by tropical storm “Ondoy” and typhoon “Pepeng.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 452955 [Title] => Bahrain group to invest $300 million in RP [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Despite the current global economic recession that has hit even the oil-rich Middle East, investors from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have expressed interest in investing in the Philippines, according to Agriculture Undersecretary Berna Romulo-Puyat.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 57048 [Title] => US rice available for RP, but supplies tight [Summary] =>

The strong demand for rice overseas as well as its tight availability makes it also difficult for suppliers to meet the rice demands of the Philippines, the USA Rice Federation said.

[DatePublished] => 2008-04-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415894 [AuthorName] => Jose KatigbakThe STAR [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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