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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 556708 [Title] => Despite drought, corn prices seen to be stable [Summary] =>Corn prices are expected to remain stable this year despite the loss of a substantial amount of the crop due to the ongoing drought, a ranking agriculture official said.
[DatePublished] => 2010-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 378837 [Title] => NFA chiefs resignation suspicious farmers group [Summary] => A farmers organization expressed concern yesterday over the resignation of Gregorio Tan Jr. as administrator of the National Food Authority (NFA), finding it "suspicious" in the wake of preparations for the May mid-term elections.
The group, Rice Watch and Action Network (R1), urged the public to be vigilant on what it claimed could be "other possible reorganization plans" in the Department of Agriculture, following the re-appointment of Secretary Arthur Yap to the agency late last year.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352240 [Title] => Rice imports lower by 20% next year [Summary] => The level of rice imports next year is likely to be lower by 20 percent to 1.35 million metric tons (MT) as rice production for 2006 is projected to hit a record high of 15.4 million MT.
"Assuming rice production hits 15.4 million tons, imports next year can go down by at least 300,000 tons from this years import volume of 1.65 million tons," said Gregorio Tan Jr., administrator of the National Food Authority (NFA).
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 346037 [Title] => RP retains quantitative restrictions on rice imports for 7 more years [Summary] => The Philippines will be able to officially maintain its quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice for seven more years as India finally agreed to withdraw its opposition to the countrys bid to protect its domestic rice industry from rice import surges.
"India has lifted its reservations on our position to retain the QRs on rice," said Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 345671 [Title] => Record palay harvest seen due to good weather [Summary] => Good weather raises the likelihood of palay production hitting 15.4 million metric tons (MT) this year, 300,000 MT more than the original projected full-year production of 15.1 million MT.
"It all boils down to good weather conditions, along with the fact that farmers are raring to plant more and expand the hectarage planted to rice. So far, harvest was good given a good headstart in the first quarter," said Agriculture Assistant Secretary and Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Director Romeo Recide.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 345841 [Title] => Record palay harvest seen due to good weather [Summary] => Good weather raises the likelihood of palay production hitting 15.4 million metric tons (MT) this year, 300,000 MT more than the original projected full-year production of 15.1 million MT.
"It all boils down to good weather conditions, along with the fact that farmers are raring to plant more and expand the hectarage planted to rice. So far, harvest was good given a good headstart in the first quarter," said Agriculture Assistant Secretary and Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Director Romeo Recide.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 340155 [Title] => Jan-Sept palay harvest may hit all-time high of 9.6-M tons [Summary] => The La Niña rains are boosting efforts to increase rice production with the January to September palay harvest projected to reach an all-time high of about 9.6 million metric tons (MT) and possibly reduce the countrys rice importations this year.
"Based on the projections of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, palay production in the first three quarters would be at historical highs on a per quarter basis," said Gregorio Tan Jr., administrator of the National Food Authority (NFA).
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 316690 [Title] => RP may reduce rice imports due to projected hike in output [Summary] => The projected increase in rice and corn production in the first semester could reduce the countrys total rice importations this year, Agriculture Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban said.
He pointed out that if all the required support to increase the production of the countrys two major staples are put in place, especially in the first quarter, the National Food Authority (NFA) may have to revise its rice import projections for the year.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 316814 [Title] => RP may reduce rice imports due to projected hike in output [Summary] => The projected increase in rice and corn production in the first semester could reduce the countrys total rice importations this year, Agriculture Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban said.
He pointed out that if all the required support to increase the production of the countrys two major staples are put in place, especially in the first quarter, the National Food Authority (NFA) may have to revise its rice import projections for the year.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 299764 [Title] => Asean+3 to adopt rice reserve scheme on a permanent basis [Summary] => Farm ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) + 3 (Japan, South Korea, China) will make the revived East Asia emergency rice reserve (EAERR) a permanent scheme to ensure food security during natural disasters and quickly temper sharp price fluctuations resulting from volatile supply.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
GREGORIO TAN JR.
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 556708 [Title] => Despite drought, corn prices seen to be stable [Summary] =>Corn prices are expected to remain stable this year despite the loss of a substantial amount of the crop due to the ongoing drought, a ranking agriculture official said.
[DatePublished] => 2010-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 378837 [Title] => NFA chiefs resignation suspicious farmers group [Summary] => A farmers organization expressed concern yesterday over the resignation of Gregorio Tan Jr. as administrator of the National Food Authority (NFA), finding it "suspicious" in the wake of preparations for the May mid-term elections.
The group, Rice Watch and Action Network (R1), urged the public to be vigilant on what it claimed could be "other possible reorganization plans" in the Department of Agriculture, following the re-appointment of Secretary Arthur Yap to the agency late last year.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352240 [Title] => Rice imports lower by 20% next year [Summary] => The level of rice imports next year is likely to be lower by 20 percent to 1.35 million metric tons (MT) as rice production for 2006 is projected to hit a record high of 15.4 million MT.
"Assuming rice production hits 15.4 million tons, imports next year can go down by at least 300,000 tons from this years import volume of 1.65 million tons," said Gregorio Tan Jr., administrator of the National Food Authority (NFA).
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 346037 [Title] => RP retains quantitative restrictions on rice imports for 7 more years [Summary] => The Philippines will be able to officially maintain its quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice for seven more years as India finally agreed to withdraw its opposition to the countrys bid to protect its domestic rice industry from rice import surges.
"India has lifted its reservations on our position to retain the QRs on rice," said Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 345671 [Title] => Record palay harvest seen due to good weather [Summary] => Good weather raises the likelihood of palay production hitting 15.4 million metric tons (MT) this year, 300,000 MT more than the original projected full-year production of 15.1 million MT.
"It all boils down to good weather conditions, along with the fact that farmers are raring to plant more and expand the hectarage planted to rice. So far, harvest was good given a good headstart in the first quarter," said Agriculture Assistant Secretary and Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Director Romeo Recide.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 345841 [Title] => Record palay harvest seen due to good weather [Summary] => Good weather raises the likelihood of palay production hitting 15.4 million metric tons (MT) this year, 300,000 MT more than the original projected full-year production of 15.1 million MT.
"It all boils down to good weather conditions, along with the fact that farmers are raring to plant more and expand the hectarage planted to rice. So far, harvest was good given a good headstart in the first quarter," said Agriculture Assistant Secretary and Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Director Romeo Recide.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 340155 [Title] => Jan-Sept palay harvest may hit all-time high of 9.6-M tons [Summary] => The La Niña rains are boosting efforts to increase rice production with the January to September palay harvest projected to reach an all-time high of about 9.6 million metric tons (MT) and possibly reduce the countrys rice importations this year.
"Based on the projections of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, palay production in the first three quarters would be at historical highs on a per quarter basis," said Gregorio Tan Jr., administrator of the National Food Authority (NFA).
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 316690 [Title] => RP may reduce rice imports due to projected hike in output [Summary] => The projected increase in rice and corn production in the first semester could reduce the countrys total rice importations this year, Agriculture Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban said.
He pointed out that if all the required support to increase the production of the countrys two major staples are put in place, especially in the first quarter, the National Food Authority (NFA) may have to revise its rice import projections for the year.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 316814 [Title] => RP may reduce rice imports due to projected hike in output [Summary] => The projected increase in rice and corn production in the first semester could reduce the countrys total rice importations this year, Agriculture Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban said.
He pointed out that if all the required support to increase the production of the countrys two major staples are put in place, especially in the first quarter, the National Food Authority (NFA) may have to revise its rice import projections for the year.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 299764 [Title] => Asean+3 to adopt rice reserve scheme on a permanent basis [Summary] => Farm ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) + 3 (Japan, South Korea, China) will make the revived East Asia emergency rice reserve (EAERR) a permanent scheme to ensure food security during natural disasters and quickly temper sharp price fluctuations resulting from volatile supply.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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