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Is P20/kilo Rice Possible Within 2 Years?

Is P20/kilo Rice Possible Within 2 Years?

With rice prices increasing in the country, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s election promise of lowering the price of rice to P20 per kilo is seeming more like wishful thinking.

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Published at 2023-08-22 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Environment, Food and Dining

Tags: Rice, economy, production

Save Farming and Our Farmers

Save Farming and Our Farmers

Barely 24 hours after announcing that he would order the suspension of rice importation “to avoid riots” among farmers impoverished by the Rice Tariffication Law, President Duterte did an abrupt turnaround and said he would just ramp up the government’s rice purchase and give cash subsidies to small farmers.

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Published at 2019-11-24 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, News and Events, Politics

Tags: Rice, agriculture, country, farming, farming

Government to Provide ₱3-B in New Aide to Farmers in 2020

Government to Provide ₱3-B in New Aide to Farmers in 2020

Around 600,000 farmers tilling over a hectare of farmland will each receive ₱5,000 in cash assistance from the government in 2020 amid low palay prices.

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Published at 2019-11-20 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Environment, News and Events

Tags: Rice, farming

Tug-Of-War Keeps Rice Terraces Alive

Tug-Of-War Keeps Rice Terraces Alive

GAME TIME Egged on by their elders, boys in Hungduan town in Ifugao province compete in a game of tug-of-war in the community’s river in this year’s postharvest tugging ritual, “punnuk.” The tradition has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

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Published at 2019-08-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Culture, History, People

Tags: Ifugao, Rice, Tradition, community, damaged

Wanted: A New Agriculture to Face Climate Change

Wanted: A New Agriculture to Face Climate Change

There's a scene in the 2014 film “César Chavez” where a group of Filipino farm workers gather in a labor camp and fill the night sky with cries of protest. It's a palpable call for justice in the face of violence, but one of the few times in the hour-and-a-half movie where Filipinos are shown on screen.

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Published at 2018-09-07 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Environment, Society

Tags: Rice, Workers, agriculture, farming, research

Easy-To-Pack Food: Festive Rice Fritters

Easy-To-Pack Food: Festive Rice Fritters

Rice is the staple food in the Philippines. Cooked rice is served on the table 3 times a day: that is for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Lots of rice isn’t it? For a Filipino, your meals won’t be complete and it will be considered as snacks if not served with rice.

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Published at 2018-03-22 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Filipino cooking

Tags: Festival, Rice

Suman Sa Ibus - Sticky Rice Logs

Suman Sa Ibus - Sticky Rice Logs

It isn’t the holidays if we don’t have some form of ‘kakanin’ or rice cakes on our table. Suman sa Ibus are Filipino sticky rice logs. Originally they are supposed to be wrapped in coconut leaves. But I used frozen banana leaves, which was available in Asian markets here in America. Only 3 ingredients are needed. The only long process involves soaking the sticky or sweet rice (“malagkit”) in water overnight.

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Published at 2018-03-15 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Filipino cooking

Tags: Rice

Rice, Much More Than Food.

Rice, Much More Than Food.

A Philippine proverb says that if anyone wastes rice or throws it away, his hand will become deformed and he will never know abundance or prosperity. In the Philippines rice is much more than food, it is sustenance with historical and numerous cultural values that are deeply woven into the Filipino culture. The Filipino language has several different words for rice, it is locally known as "Palay" (un-milled rice),"Bigas" (milled rice), "Kanin" (cooked rice) and a few more.

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Published at 2018-03-05 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture

Tags: Food, Rice