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DA: Rice production recovering after dip in self-sufficiency in 2022

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Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Farmers harvest rice in San Jose, Tarlac on October 9, 2018. Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News file" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/06/16/20210617-palay-farmers-rural-workers-month-jc-10.jpg"/><figcaption>Farmers harvest rice in San Jose, Tarlac on October 9, 2018. <em>Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Department of Agriculture (DA) said Monday that Philippine rice production is recovering this year, after the country&#x27;s rice self-sufficiency dipped in 2022.</p><p>DA spokesperson Arnel De Mesa noted that rice self-sufficiency went down to 77 percent in 2022 from 82 percent in 2021. This is said to be a record-low in self-sufficiency in many years for the Philippines.</p><p>&quot;Ang alam ko noong 2022 nagmahal iyong inputs, perhaps fertilizer inputs, and that could be one of the contributing factors,&quot; De Mesa said in a Stratbase ADR forum on food security. </p><p>(What I know is that in 2022, inputs, perhaps fertilizer inputs, increased, and that could be one of the contributing factors.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/23/23/marcos-rice-price-control-may-be-reduced-amid-harvest-season">Marcos says rice price control may be &#x27;reduced&#x27; as harvest season starts</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/22/23/rice-to-stabilize-at-p45-to-p46-by-harvest-time-da-exec">Rice to stabilize at P45 to P46 &#x27;by harvest time&#x27;: DA exec</a></li></ul><p>But he said they are confident that the yield this year, especially the harvest this season, would be quite high.</p><p>&quot;Una lumaki na ang ating area. Pangalawa malaki na rin ang binaba ng cost of inputs especially for rice,&quot; De Mesa said.</p><p>(First, our area has grown. Second, the cost of inputs has been greatly reduced, especially for rice.)</p><p>The production output for rice and other commodities is measured by the Philippine Statistics Authority, and data is expected to be available next year.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2806212" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>The DA welcomes additional funding for their programs for 2024, saying this will boost productivity for both farmers and fisherfolk.</p><p>They are also working to boost irrigation as a way to increase agricultural productivity in rice, especially in the face of El Niño.</p><p>&quot;More than a million hectares ang hindi pa irrigated, &#x27;yung pace ng irrigation ng NIA (National Irrigation Authority), it will take them several years para matapos,&quot; De Mesa said.</p><p>(More than a million hectares are not yet irrigated. The pace of irrigation by the NIA (National Irrigation Authority) will take them several years to complete.</p>

The Department of Agriculture said that rice production is recovering this year after the country's rice self-sufficiency dipped in 2022.

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DA: Rice production recovering after dip in self-sufficiency in 2022

Jervis Manahan,

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Published Oct 16, 2023 03:42 PM PHT

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