DBM blamed for rice crisis Budget for agri-related projects cut from P15 B to P7.4 B -- Piñol 73 SHARES Share it! Piñol told the Senate that the Philippines could have a stable rice supply now if not for the DA’s lack of funds for an accelerated rice production program. Yet, there is a current rice supply problem, she added. The lady lawmaker said that mechanizing the farmlands and using hybrid seeds developed by PhilRice would make rice supply stable because the current rice production would increase from four tons to six tons per hectare. Villar, a real estate magnate, noted that the country’s rice production is centered in Central Luzon while there are virtually no rice production in Mindanao and theVisayas which have mountainous but unplanted lands.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 10, 2018 08:15 UTC