AreaPhilippines

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date15/06/2016

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction support

DescriptionAnnounced that it would seek to bring an additional 1.0 million hectares of land under paddy cultivation, in an effort to reach self-sufficiency in rice. Increased focus would also be placed on bolstering small-scale, communal irrigation, to lower production costs and raise yields, including by promoting the cultivation of hybrid varieties.