Philippines: Food Security Emergency on Rice Declared in the Philippines

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Philippines: Food Security Emergency on Rice Declared in the Philippines
The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) declared a food security emergency related to rice on February 3, 2025, citing an extraordinary increase in prices. This declaration allows the DA to sell National Food Authority rice buffer stocks to government agencies and entities, local government units, and “Kadiwa” outlets to help ease prices and prepare government warehouses for the upcoming harvest season.
East Asia and the Pacific, Philippines
Grains, Feeds and Fodders, Rice

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