Rice
Industry Strategic Science and Technology Program
Rice Industry Profile
Rice (Oryza sativa) is a staple food in Asia. It is used in traditional food preparations, native delicacies and traditional wine. In some cultures, it is also used for religious rituals, offerings and festivals. According to IRRI, 48 million ha in Asia is used for rice production, this equates to almost 30% of the world rice harvest. The Philippines alone recorded 4.81 million hectares of area harvested for rice and a total production of 19.96 million metric tons, with the value of Php 403.89 billion (PSA 2021). However, even with this level of rice production in the Philippines, rice is still the 3rd most imported agricultural item of the country. In 2020, 2.2 million MT was imported to the Philippines, of which 79.7% originated from Vietnam. This records a trade balance (exports less imports) value of -7.32 billion USD. Further, the Philippines is expected to reach 2.9 million MT of rice import in 2022.
The different ecosystems, cultural management practices, preferences and use of rice have been greatly considered in developing varieties of the crop. Philrice, in 2018, mentioned NSIC Rc 216, Rc 160, Rc 300 and Rc 222 as the top 4 preferred rice varieties of Filipino farmers in irrigated lowland fields. These varieties were bred to reduce losses due to different climates. Rice varieties can be classified into three: short-grain, medium-grain, and long-grain. The texture of rice also differs from varieties. White rice or milled rice, the most commonly known rice, is of that color due to the removal of rice bran. While red rice, brown rice, and black rice are of those colors because of the unique pigmentations of their brans.
Rice bran is one of the three main by-products of rice alongside rice straw and rice husk or hull. The rice straw and rice husk are commonly used in energy production, like combustion and gasification. While rice bran, with its oily nature, is used for animal feed binder, cooking oil, and even waxes for cosmetic products. The bran layer, when not removed from the grain, also makes rice more nutritious.
Problems in the Industry
Besides the high input costs like fertilizer, labor, land rent, transport, and milling cost among others (DA, 2018), rice production in the Philippines is constrained by low yield and quality high postharvest losses, and high water requirement in an increasingly resource-scarce country due to the growing population and water demand, and increasing threat of climate change.
Rice Policies
| Policy Type | Policy Number | Policy Year | Congress | Policy Title | Policy Description | Policy Objective | Policy Link | Commodity | Classification | info_encoder_stamp | info_date_stamp | info_quashing_remarks | filepath |
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| Bill | House Bill No. 9547 | 2023 | 19th | An Act Extending The Period Of Implementation Of The Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, Amending For The Purpose Republic Act (Ra) No. 8178, As Amended By Ra Nos. 9496, 10848 And 11203, Otherwise Known As The “Agricultural Tariffication Act” | The benefits that RCEF has contributed to the country’s rice sector are clear. The rice farmers and other rice industry stakeholders have greatly benefitted in the form of rice farm machineries and equipment, rice seed, credit assistance and direct and unconditional cash aid. Thus, the extension of the period of implementation of RCEF is necessary. Further, the extension of RCEF will support the needs of the farmers to become more competitive in the global rice industry. The technology and modernization of rice farming will greatly benefit rice farmers to be more competitive with the quality and price of the rice they produce compared with imported rice. | This bill seeks to extend the period of implementation of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund by amending Republic Act (RA) No. 8178, as amended by RA Nos. 9496, 10848 and 11203, otherwise known as the “Agricultural Tariffication Act”. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB09547.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 9041 | 2023 | 19th | An Act Providing For A Fifteen Thousand Pesos (P15,000) Production Subsidy For Farmers And Fisherfolks Affected By Increasing Cost Of Farm Inputs, Rising Fuel Prices, Economic Downturn And Calamities Amid The Covid 19 Pandemic | SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to free the people from poverty through policies that provide adequate social services, a rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life for all. The State must ensure that Filipino farmers and fisherfolk are afforded with significant and necessary support to aid them in their food production and livelihood. Towards this end, the State shall provide an immediate, quick-release, and unconditional production subsidy to farmers and fisherfolk. | This bill seeks to implement a Production Subsidy Program to target farmer and fisherfolk beneficiaries affected by the increasing cost of farm inputs due to rising fuel prices, economic disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and series of calamities. This shall facilitate their prompt recovery from the impacts of the phenomena which usually lead to uncompensated losses, financial burden, and unpaid debts. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB09041.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 9030 | 2023 | 19th | An Act Providing For A National Rice Emergency Response And Appropriating Funds Therefor | SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. — It is the policy of the State to make the country’s agricultural sector viable, efficient, and globally competitive. The State adopts the use of tariffs in lieu of non-tariff import restrictions to protect local producers of agricultural products. Consistent with the constitutional mandate of protecting Filipino firms against unfair trade, it is furthermore the policy of the State to employ anti-dumping and countervailing measures to protect local producers from unfair trade practices, rather than use quantitative import restrictions. Towards this end, and in cognizance of the adverse impact of anti-competitive market forces during the agricultural crisis, the State shall likewise provide increased support to local farmers. | This bill seeks to give the government ample authority to address immediate concerns of a rice shortage, insulating the Filipino public of its adverse effects. In so doing, it gives the government enough breathing room in its quest to provide medium and long-term solutions such as productivity enhancement for farmers and provision of credit and logistical support. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB09030.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 9020 | 2023 | 19th | An Act Instituting A Rice Incentivization, Self-Sufficiency, And Enterprise (RISE) Program And Appropriating Funds Therefor | Agriculture is an important contributor to the national economy as stated by the President in his address to the nation. The supply of essential crops, including rice has been unpredictable. Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, rice prices have already been high, and the anticipated shortage implies prices will probably stay high. According to Fitch Solutions, a credit rating service, the global rice industry is expected to encounter its greatest supply-demand gap in 20 years as production of rice declines. Likewise, latest data from the Philippine government reveals that the retail price of rice in the country increased by four percentage points this month to 14%, pushing up food inflation as both domestic and international farmgate prices skyrocketed. This alarming situation will undeniably cripple our farmers and all our efforts in increasing productivity will go in vain if we fail to protect them from the imminent rice crisis. | This bill aims to to make palay production profitable for farmers while ensuring that rice prices remain stable and affordable for the ordinary Filipino consumer through a subsidy that will be provided for the country's estimated 2.6 million rice farmers. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB09020.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 8092 | 2023 | 19th | An Act Authorizing The Use Of The Rice Subsidy Provided Under The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) For The Purchase Of Palay From Local Farmers, Mandating For The Purpose The Department Of Social Welfare And Development (Dswd), In Coordination With The Department Of Agriculture (Da) And The National Food Authority (Nfa), To Buy Palay From Local Farmers And Distribute Rice Instead Of Cash To Qualified Beneficiaries | Republic Act 11203 or the Philippine Rice Tariffication Law aims to ensure food security and stabilize food prices in the country. With the liberalization of rice importation, however, there is now an influx of cheap imported rice, which retailers prefer over buying from local producers. This led to the drop in farm gate price of dry palay which has burdened the farmers as production costs also rose. While support programs for farmers are in place, such as the provision of loan assistance and productivity enhancement, the government must ensure that local farmers would have a market for their rice produce. | This bill seeks to mandate the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in coordination with the Department of Agriculture and the National Food Authority, to buy palay from farmers, and distribute rice subsidy in actual kilos of rice instead of a cash grant to qualified beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB08092.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 7970 | 2023 | 19th | An Act Considering Rice Or Corn Hoarding And Profiteering During Or On The Occasion Of Any Calamity Of Emergency Declared As Such By The President As Equivalent To Economic Sabotage, Partly Amending For The Purpose Republic Act No. 7581, Otherwise Known As The Price Act, And For Other Purposes | Different measures must be undertaken to solve the country’s food problem, including food insecurity and rice shortage. This bill seeks to expand the scope of rice and corn hoarding, and strengthen the penal sanctions for such, as provided for under Republic Act No. 7581 or the Price Act of 1992. The act of rice and corn hoarding to manipulate the interplay of supply and demand in the market is a crime. It triggers a domino effect of unfortunate events. By creating an artificial shortage of rice and corn, the costs of the same shoot up, there is panic buying in the markets, government agencies are under fire for allegations of corruption and mismanagement, poor Filipino families cannot afford these basic commodities, and many go hungry. In sum, it is a dangerous crime that may potentially sabotage the economy and render our people desperate and hungry. It is high time that pertinent laws are amended to ensure that our legislation stays apposite to the realities of today. More importantly, we have to make rice and corn hoarders answerable under the law. | This bill seeks to increase the penalty for rice hoarding and profiteering, and to cover acts and practices not previously included under the original law passed 30 years ago. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB07970.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 7711 | 2023 | 19th | An Act Providing Post-Harvest Facilities For Palay And Rice Farmers | SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy - It shall be the policy of the State to attain national food security though the promotion of agricultural and rural development. In particular, the State shall endeavor to provide for agricultural infrastructure and facilities necessary to increase the farmers’ incomes, and at the same time, decrease the prices of agricultural produce, rice and palay, in particular. It shall also be the policy of the State to encourage and strengthen farmers’ organizations and cooperatives as partners of the government in achieving its economic development goals for the agricultural sector in the country. | This bill seeks to establish post-harvest facilities in every rice-producing municipality and city in the Philippines upon the condition that in the initial phase of the program, every legislative district with at least one-rice producing municipality shall be the beneficiary of at least one (1) warehouse and one (1) rice mill. Through the said measure, postharvest losses will be reduced, if not eliminated, resulting to a massive increase in the food production in the country. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB07711.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 7709 | 2023 | 19th | An Act Amending Presidential Decree No. 194, “Authorizing Aliens, As Well As Associations, Corporations Or Partnerships Owned In Whole Or In Part By Foreigners To Engage In The Rice And Corn Industry, And For Other Purposes” | Republic Act No. 11203 (An Act Liberalizing the Importation, Exportation and Trading of Rice, Lifting for the Purpose the Quantitative Import Restriction on Rice, and For Other Purposes) liberalized the rice sector by repealing quantitative import restrictions and allowing the private sector to import rice subject to existing tariff rates. The law also removed the quantitative export restrictions. To further boost investments in the rice and corn sector, there is a need to amend PD 194 to make it less restrictive and to attract more foreign investments. | This bill aims to address the underinvestment in the rice and corn sector and help said sector improve. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB07709.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 6784 | 2023 | 19th | An Act Assisting In The Achievement Of Food Security And Prevention Of Price Escalation Of Basic Agricultural Consumer Goods By Encouraging Owners Of Idle Lands To Engage In Agricultural Projects And Activities, Facilitating The Government’S Acquisition Of Idle Lands For Agricultural Projects And Activities, Appropriatings Funds Therefor And Other Purposes | SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the declared policy of the State to achieve sustainable modern agriculture and food security. The State shall ensure food security for all its citizens by providing for a mechanism by which idle lands may be devoted to productive uses by encouraging owners of these idle lands to engage in agricultural activities. If, after two (2) years, the lands remain idle, the State shall initiate proceedings for the acquisition of these idle agricultural lands. The State shall ensure that owners of real property acquired for agricultural activities or projects are promptly paid just compensation for the expeditious acquisition of their real property for agricultural projects. | This bill seeks to provide incentives, and assistance (technical, credit, etc.), to private land owners so that they can turn their idle lands into productive assets contributing to the common good of all. In so doing, additional supply of basic agricultural goods for the public’s consumption shall enter the market. The extra supply is necessary to meet existing and future demands while, at the same time, preventing price from soaring unreasonably high and making basic goods inaccessible to many Filipinos. Further, in case the private owners of land still refuse to make their idle lands productive, despite incentives and assistance, the government shall step in. After the passage of a period of two (2) years from effectivity of this legislative measure, the government, through the Department of Agriculture, is empowered to purchase idle lands that remain idle and turn these into productive agricultural use. If the land owner refuses, expropriation proceedings are in order. Ultimately, the end goal here is food security for the Filipino people. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB06784.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | Senate Bill No. 415 | 2022 | 19th | An Act Amending Presidential Decree No. 194, Otherwise Known As The "Authorizing Aliens, As Well As Associations, Corporations Or Partnerships Owned In Whole Or In Part By Foreigners To Engage In The Rice And Corn Industry, And For Other Purposes", And For Other Purposes | Section 20, Article II of the 1987 Constitution provides that, "The State recognizes the indispensable role ofthe private sector^ encourages private enterprise/ and provides incentive to needed investments." Republic Act No. 11203 otherwise known as ""An Act Liberalizing the Importation, Exportation and Trading ofRicef' was signed into law by the President on 14 February 2019. The law liberalized the rice sector by repealing quantitative import restrictions, allowing the private sector to import rice subject to existing tariff rates, as defined by the World Trade Organization Agreement on Agriculture and the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement. Further, the law removed the quantitative export restrictions, as well. While the importation of rice has been liberalized, the local supply chain remains restrictive as far as foreign investments are concerned. Section 5 of P.D. No. 194 (Authorizing Aliens, as well as Associations, Corporations or Partnerships Owned in Whole or in Part by Foreigners to Engage In the Rice and Corn Industry, and For Other Purposes) mandates foreigners engaged in the rice and corn Industry to divest after a time period to be established by the National Food Authority (NFA). In accordance to this, the NFA issued NFA Council Resolution No. 193 s. 1998, which mandates foreign investors to divest a minimum of sixty percent (60%) of their equity to Filipino citizens within a 30-year period from the start of operations. Such limitation reduces the amount of investment available to the rice and corn Industry and accounts for underinvestment In the sector, particularly In post-harvest facilities. | This bill bill seeks to address under-investment in the rice and corn Industry by deleting Section 5 of P.D. No. 194, thereby allowing foreigners to participate in the rice and corn industry similar to how foreigners are allowed to participate in other industries not included in the Foreign Investment Negative List, among others. | https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3817634614!.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | Senate Bill No. 1203 | 2022 | 19th | An Act Amending Section 13 Of Republic Act No. 8178, As Amended By Republic Act No. 9496, Entitled "An Act Replacing Quantitative Import Restrictions On Agricultural Products, Except Rice, With Tariffs, Creating The Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, And For Other Purposes," Republic Act No. 11203, Entitled "An Act Liberalizing The Importation, Exportation And Trading Of Rice, Lifting For The Purpose The Quantitative Import Restriction On Rice, And For Other Purposes" | Republic Act (RA) 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law was passed by the Duterte administration in 2019 in the hopes to break the 'stranglehold of inefficiency' in the domestic rice industry. Essentially, this landmark legislation repealed the regulatory and import functions of the National Food Authority (NFA) and converted the quantitative restrictions into ordinary customs duties or tariffication. One of its salient provisions includes the creation of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) to improve rice farmers' competitiveness and income amidst the liberalization of the Philippine rice trade policy. The RCEF which is appropriated with PIO Billion for six (6) years aims to fund programs for farm mechanization, seed development, propagation and promotion, credit assistance, and extension services. | This bill aims to increase the amount earmarked for RCEF from PIO Billion to P15 Billion annually. This representation likewise proposes to earmark 10% of the. Increased amount for scholarship, health, and other similar benefits for the rice fund beneficiaries in order to support the equally Important social needs of our farmers. Furthermore, the bill seeks to allocate at least P75 Million for scholarships in agriculture-related courses in order to encourage the further study of Agriculture with the end view of revitalizing the sector. | https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3914135579!.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 3383 | 2022 | 19th | An Act Mandating The National Food Authority To Establish Rice Drying Facilities And Appropriating Funds Therefor | By virtue of Republic Act No. 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), Php 10 billion is allotted from 2019 to 2024 or a span of six years for the Department of Agriculture’s Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) in pursuit to modernize the country’s rice industry through a wide array of programs such as the distribution of farm machinery equipment and inbred certified seeds and credit support and training of farmers. Notwithstanding the improvement brought by RCEF for two (2) years, rice sufficiency is still not optimal. Due primarily, among others, to the lack of drying facilities which compelled the farmers to sell their palay to as low as Php 12 per kilo to local traders, making it difficult for them to recover their expenses. To date, the National Food Authority (NFA) is buying clean and dry palay with 14 percent moisture at Php 19 per kilo. This competitive buying price of the NFA, however, will only be met upon the minimum moisture content that the dry palay must possess, making rice drying facilities a critical component of the rice industry. | This bill seeks to establish rice drying facilities for both the NFA and the local farmers’ use. The NFA shall procure, build, install, operate, manage, and/or maintain rice drying facilities sufficient in quantity and geographically accessible to local farmers to enable it to buy rice directly from local farmers. Through the procurement of such drying systems or facilities, the local farmers will be able to reach the moisture requirement of the NFA, thus assuring revenue. This proposed measure is most importantly sought for the adequacy of the country’s rice stocks, thereby ensuring the nation’s food security. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB03383.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 2411 | 2022 | 19th | An Act Authorizing The Department Of Agriculture To Regulate Farm Gate Prices For Agricultural And Fisheries Products And For Other Purposes | Section 2. Declaration of Policy. — The State shall protect the right of farmers, the fisherfolk, livestock raisers and other sectors involved in food production to receive a just share of the fruits of their labor. The State shall therefore establish a program that ensures the profitability of the food production sector. | This bill seeks to strengthen the market linkages program of the DA to ensure that the farmers, fisherfolk, livestock raisers and other members of the food producing sector have an outlet for their products. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB02411.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 2385 | 2022 | 19th | An Act Further Extending The Period Of Implementation Of The Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (Acef), Amending For The Purpose Republic Act No. 8178, As Amended By Republic Act Nos. 9496, 10848 And 11203, Entitled: “An Act Replacing Quantitative Import Restrictions On Agricultural Products, Except Rice, With Tariffs, Creating The Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, And For Other Purposes” | At present, there is a need to extend the current ACEF provision of RA 8178 as the concept of earmarking tariffs for local development remains valid. What is needed is not to write the requiem to ACEF, but a law reforming and extending its validity to help farmers and fisherfolk improve their productivity and competitiveness. Furthermore, the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) economic integration is already with us. Thus, our agricultural produce has to be competitive, as integration enlarges markets for both local and regional firms. The current program for ACEF has somewhat been debugged of its corruptive and corrosive practices. Stringent safeguards against deliberate acts that go against the purpose of the program have been put in place as the overarching principle that only legitimate farmers and fisherfolk must benefit from ACEF. The following reports shall also be submitted to the ACEF Executive Committee and the COCAFM by the following agencies: (1) the Bureau of Customs for duties collected from the MAV mechanism for the period 2016-2022; (2) the Bureau of the Treasury for funds remitted and credited to ACEF (Special Account 183); and, (3) the Department of Budget and Management for the ACEF for funds released to the Department of Agriculture for the period 2016-2022. Moreover, ACEF's mandate is not just to ramp up agriculture production, but also to produce graduates of agriculture courses. On hindsight, the scholarship component of ACEF is one of its few bright spots. Some loans for production capital may have been misappropriated but by and large, the tuition to train human capital was not. While some borrowers may have left debt notes, ACEF scholars have diplomas as proofs of grants well spent. The reason, for which ACEF was created more than twenty years ago, on how to make our agriculture competitive, remains valid and relevant in the challenging years ahead. Thus we need all the help we can get and all the resources we can tap on how to intensify the preparedness of Philippine agriculture. | This bill aims to further extend the period of implementation of the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund or ACEF. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB02385.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 2073 | 2022 | 19th | An Act providing Post-Harvest Facilities For Palay And Rice Farmers | It shall be the policy of the State to attain national food security though the promotion of agricultural and rural development. In particular, the State shall endeavor to provide for agricultural infrastructure and facilities necessary to increase the farmers' income, and at the same time, decrease the prices of agricultural produce, rice and palay, in particular. It shall also be the policy of the State to encourage and strengthen farmers' organizations and cooperatives as partners of the government in achieving its economic development goals for the agricultural sector in the country. | This bill aims to provide post-harvest facilities for palay and rice farmers. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB02073.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 1562 | 2022 | 19th | An Act Authorizing The Advance Use Of The Bureau Of Customs' Excess Tariff Revenues From Rice Importation, And Other Possible Sources, As A Special Emergency Fund Setting-Up The Rice Farmer Financial Assistance As Direct Cash Transfers To Rice Farmers | Republic Act No. 11203, otherwise known as “An Act Liberalizing the Importation and Trading of Rice, Lifting for the Purpose the Quantitative Restriction on Rice and for Other Purposes” was signed into law as a safety measure to cushion the adverse impact of the influx of imported rice to rice farmers and the rice industry. Section 13 of R.A. No. 11203 establishes the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) with an annual appropriation of P10 billion for the next six (6) years. The law specifically allocates the P10 billion RCEF as follows: a) 50% or P5 billion for the procurement of rice farm machineries and equipment to be distributed as grant in kind to eligible farmers associations, rice cooperatives and local government units for the purpose of improving farm mechanization; b) 30% or P3 billion for the development, propagation and promotion of inbred rice seeds; c) 10% or P1 billion for expanded rice credit assistance with minimal interest rates; and d) 10% or P1 billion for rice extension services. Despite the on-going implementation of the identified interventions provided under Section 13 of R.A. No. 11203, the sudden impact of the influx of imported rice exhibited the following: a) the average retail price of regular milled rice has been declining, with the inflation rate for regular milled rice recorded at -9.7% b) episodes of farm-gate prices of palay have plummeted to as low as P7 to P10 per kilo in major rice-producing provinces; c) while the price of rice dropped by 14.50%, the price of palay dropped more considerably; and d) the significant drop of farm-gate price of palay consequently resulted in huge income losses for rice farmers and the industry which is now estimated to around P50 billion at current prices. | This bill proposes to immediately set-up the Rice Farmer Financial Assistance as supplementary and transitional safety measure to serve as compensation to rice farmers who are farming two (2) hectares and below for the reduction or loss of their farm income arising from the tariff cation of the quantitative import restriction on rice. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB01562.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 1113 | 2022 | 19th | An Act Repealing Presidential Decree No. 1620 Otherwise Known As "Granting To The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) The Status, Prerogatives, Privileges And Immunities Of An International Organization" | In 1979, President Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1620, which declared IRRI as an international organization, with all the privileges and immunities that came with granting such status. Thus, IRRI has been able to justify its anti-labor practices. It intermittently carried out mass lay-offs in 1989, 1993, and 1996. It has implemented a questionable retrenchment program that has warranted the unfair dismissal of regular employees. The institute has also harassed union leaders and members as part of its union-busting activities. These workers have failed in their various attempts to seek redress from the courts, given IRRI's immunity from suit, which it enjoys under Presidential Decree No. 1620. The same immunity has also been invoked to bar the workers from claiming compensation for having been afflicted with illnesses due to exposure to toxic chemicals and inhumane working conditions. However, Presidential Decree No. 1620 is not a binding treaty that cannot be revoked. IRRI does not, in fact, approximate a party such as a representative of any sovereign state entitled to privileges and immunities as are contained in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Neither can IRRI invoke to be an entity comparable to a specialized agency of the United Nations. | This bill aims to repeal PD 1620 in order to strip IRRI of the aforementioned unjustified privileges and immunities that have been used to blatantly violate the fundamental rights and freedom of IRRI workers with impunity, as well as, protecting IRRI from potential legal liabilities related to agrochemical agriculture and its effects on the environment and public health. This also seeks to end the nation's agricultural dependence on agrochemicals that are contributory to the deterioration of people's health and which have significantly destroyed the traditional methods of food production. Thus, it is not only in defense of the welfare of Filipino workers and peasants but also a commitment to Philippine sovereignty and patrimony. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB01113.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 912 | 2022 | 19th | An Act Authorizing The Department Of Agriculture To Regulate Farm Gate Prices For Agricultural And Fisheries Products And For Other Purposes | The Constitution recognizes the right of farmers to receive a just share of the fruits of their labor. It is unfortunate that in this day and age of trade globalization, the welfare of the people who grow or raise our food has been neglected. We talk about raising production, consumer protection, importing shortfalls, raising or lowering tariffs, mechanization and the use of technology in farming, livestock growing or aquaculture but never about the plight of the simple farmer, grower, raiser who are the backbone of our food producing sector. Our rice farmers have been plagued by losses brought about allegedly by the Rice Tariffication Law. Whatever the reason may be, the prevailing market price for their rice produce simply was not enough to cover the time, effort and expenses to raise their crops. There have also been reports about vegetable farmers in Ifugao, who decided to let their crops rot instead of going through the hassle and expense of bringing their crops down from the mountains to the market, to be sold at nearly giveaway prices. Recently, a SRP has been imposed on meat and vegetable products to protect consumers. But who protects the supply side of the equation? It is also a fact that our economy has suffered a severe downturn brought about by the COVID 19 pandemic. Industries will take time to retool and rebuild but while we wait for our industries to catch up or resume normal production, economic experts point at the agricultural or food producing sectors as one of the sectors that could help bring our economy back up. It is however hard to entice farmers and food producers to work the land if it does not prove to be income generating. | This bill authorizing the Department of Agriculture to regulate FARM GATE PRICES of agricultural produce, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture products aims to ensure that our farmers, growers, fisherfolk, all the people responsible for raising, catching or growing our food are assured of their just return for the time, effort and expense they have incurred | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB00912.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 406 | 2022 | 19th | An Act Providing For A Fifteen Thousand Pesos (P15,000) Production Subsidy For Farmers And Fisherfolks Affected By Increasing Cost Of Farm Inputs, Rising Fuel Prices, Economic Downturn And Calamities Amid The Covid19 Pandemic | It is hereby declared the policy of the State to free the people from poverty through policies that provide adequate social services, a rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life for all. The State must ensure that Filipino farmers and fisherfolk are afforded with significant and necessary support to aid them in their food production and livelihood. Towards this end, the State shall provide an immediate, quick release, and unconditional production subsidy to farmers and fisherfolk. | This bill aims to provide fifteen thousand pesos (P15,000) subsidy for farmers and fisherfolks affected by increasing cost of farm inputs, rising fuel prices, economic downturn and calamities amid the covid 19 pandemic. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB00406.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 405 | 2022 | 19th | The Rice Industry Development Act | It is the policy of the State to give the highest priority to the development of the national rice industry and in line with such prioritization, to allocate the public resources and funds necessary to enhance to the fullest the productive capability of the rice industry, restructure its distribution and marketing linkages in order to make the industry sustainable, achieve for the country food security based on food self-reliance and self-sufficiency, increase the income of rice farmers and improve their living conditions, and ensure the accessibility and affordability of rice to the consuming population. | This bill has the following objectives: a. To develop within a mandated fixed schedule the domestic rice industry and increase its productivity toward attaining food security based on food self-reliance and self-sufficiency. b. To increase the income of rice farmers, alleviate their poverty and empower them. c. To develop the rice distribution system within the framework of establishing closer linkages between the rice farmers and consumers to ensure rice affordability for the general public. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB00405.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 267 | 2022 | 19th | An Act Establishing The National Rice Price Monitoring Council And The Regional Rice Monitoring Boards In All Regions Of The Country | The Rice Tarrification Law was enacted to maintain the steady supply of rice in our rice-dependent society and control its prices against inflation. However, three years since its enactment, the Rice Tarrification Law while in theory provides sound policy, has yet to bring down the price of rice for consumers and has yet to benefit the local rice industry and its farmers. Especially during harvest season, time and again, farmgate prices of palay have gone down to almost less than the cost of its production leaving the local rice farmers without profit and most, heavily in debt. Without any intervention, the local rice production industry will inevitably collapse and with it, the agricultural sector of our country. | This bill seeks to set and stabilize the prices of rice in consideration of regional production capacities and establish the predictability of rice prices to support and improve the local rice production industry. Furthermore, this bill will act as a safeguard in protection against market disruption and unfair and cartel-like trade practices. In addition, this bill intends to empower and build productive partnerships between private and public rice industry players with the overall objective of self-reliance, productivity, profitability and food security. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB00267.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 213 | 2022 | 19th | An Act Authorizing The Utilization Of The Appropriations Intended For The Rice Subsidy Of The Beneficiaries Of The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4PS) Under The General Appropriations Act For The Purchase Of Rice From Local Farmers | This bill seeks to authorize the Department of Social Welfare and Development, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture and the National Food Authority, to use the rice subsidy allocation provided under the General Appropriations Act in order to purchase palay directly from local farmers and distribute rice instead of cash to the qualifies beneficiaries. At present, beneficiaries of the rice subsidy program receive P600 monthly on a per household basis. This measure likewise provided for the DSWD, the DA and the NFA, with the support of the Department of Finance and the National Economic Development Authority, to craft the procedures and guidelines needed from purchasing palay from local farmers to the distribution of rice to the beneficiaries. | This bill aims to help ease the burden of our local farmers who have been negatively impacted by the influx of imported rice, the rising cost of production, an high fuel prices. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB00213.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 212 | 2022 | 19th | An Act Amending Section 13 Of Republic Act No. 11203, Otherwise Known As An Act Liberalizing The Importation, Exportation And Trading Of Rice, Lifting For The Purpose The Quantitative Import Restriction On Rice, And For Other Purposes | There have been reports that, despite RCEF's implementation, farmers' yields have not improved, production costs have not declined, while farmgate prices of domestically produced palay have remained low. Moreover, the findings of a study by Suansing, M. (2021) substantiate these issues. Suansing found that, on average, the cost savings and yield changes realized by farmers from RCEF's Mechanization Program and Seed program are not sufficient to offset the decrease on their gross incomes due to two factors: decrease in palay prices and decrease in yield. On average, the decline in gross income reported by RCEF beneficiaries between the two dry seasons was 2.1 times the average cost savings they derived from the combined effect of RCEF's Mechanization Program and Seed Program (PhP -3,827/ha vs PhP 1,789/ha). Similarly, the average loss they reported between the two wet seasons was 2.6 times their average RCEF-derived cost savings (PhP -4,690/ha vs. PhP 1,789/ha). This indicates that the cost savings from these two RCEF component programs thus far were not enough to offset farmers' losses. | This bill seeks to amend Section 13 of RA 11203, also known as the Rice Traiffication Law (RTL), in order to maximize RCEF's efficacy in improving the productivity and incomes of Filipino rice farmers. | https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB00212.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | Senate Bill No. 1927 | 2020 | 18th | An Act Authorizing The Department Of Agriculture To Use The Annual Tariff Revenues In Excess Of P10 Billion, Under Republic Act 11203 Or An Act Liberalizing The Importation, Exportation And Trading Of Rice, Lifting For The Purpose The Quantitative Import Restriction On Rice, And For Other Purposes, For Direct Cash Assistance To Farmers Owning One (1) Hectare Or Less Of Rice Land Until 2024, "Cash Assistance for Filipino Farmers Act of 2020" | SEC. 3. Coverage. — This Act shall apply only to farmers owning one (1) hectare or less of rice land. The Department of Agriculture shall establish actual beneficiaries of this Act on the basis of its Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) for rice. SEC. 5. Funding. — The source of funds for the annual direct cash assistance to farmers shall be the excess of P10 billion in the annual revenue collections under Republic Act 11203. Further, any money in excess of P10B in the annual tariff revenues in any given year in the life of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) under said Act, shall automatically be given as cash assistance to farmers, uniess otherwise amended by law | The bill seeks to address the plight of small farmers in the country in light of the current state of declining palay prices and the crippling effects of the COVID pandemic. | http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3397030745!.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Republic Act No. 11203 | 2019 | 18th | An Act Liberalizing the Importation, Exportation and Trading of Rice, Lifting for the Purpose the Quantitative Import Restriction on Rice, and For Other Purposes | ssuance of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import Clearance for Rice for the Sole Purpose of Ensuring Food. Safety.— All importers of rice are required to secure a Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import Clearance (SPSIC) from the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) prior to importation in accordance with existing laws, rules and regulations For the tariff equivalent of the quantitative import restrictions on rice, the bound rate shall be as notified by the Philippines to the WTO. There is a tariff rate quota system with applied MFN tariffs within and outside of the quota of 40% and 180%, respectively. For imports from ASEAN countries, a single tariff (35%) is applied. Lifting of Quantitative Export Restrictions on Rice.— Any and all laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, and other issuances imposing quantitative export restrictions on rice are hereby repealed. The exportation of rice shall be allowed in accordance with the established redes, regulations and guidelines.” Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund.— There is hereby created a Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, herein referred to as the ‘Rice Fund’. The Rice Fund shall consist of an annual appropriation of Ten billion pesos (₱10,000,000,000.00) for the next six (6) years following the approval of this Act and shall be automatically credited to a Special Account in the General Fund of the National Treasury which shall be in place within ninety (90)’ days upon the effectivity of this Act. | The law aims to lift the quantitative restriction (QR) on rice imports and replace it with tariff, ensure the availability of rice in the domestic market, and lower domestic rice prices. | https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2019/02feb/20190214-RA-11203-RRD.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | Senate Bill No. 1047 | 2019 | 18th | An Act Providing Direct Financial Assistance To Filipino Rice Farmers, Establishing For The Purpose The Pantawid Magsasakang Pilipino Program, Providing Funds Therefor, And For Other Purposes, "Pantawid Magsasakang Pilipino Act" | Pantawid Magsasakang Pilipino Program. - The Pantawid Magsasakang Pilipino Program, hereinafter referred to as the Program, is hereby established as a national strategy for rural poverty reduction and program for ensuring food security and sufficiency that provides conditional cash transfer to poor rice farming households to mitigate the decline of rice farming incomes that may have been caused by the enforcement of the liberalization of importation, exportation and trade of rice. The provision of conditional cash transfer under the Program shall be complementary and supplementary to other similar undertaking of the government and shall not be a replacement for any existing programs for rice and rice farmers already implemented by any government agency. Sec. 7. Coverage in the Rice Insurance Program. - All qualified rice farming household-beneficiaries of the Program as identified by the standardized targeting system shall automatically be covered by the Rice Insurance Program of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) Sec. 11. Cash-for-Work for Rice Farmers Program. - To provide additional income for rice farming household-beneficiaries, the DSWD may, in coordination with government agencies concerned, facilitate short-term intervention to provide temporary employment to members of qualified rice farming households. | The bill seeks to provide direct financial assistance to rice farming households by instituting a Pantawid Magsasakang Pilpino Program. In this proposed measure, the allocation of tariff revenues collected in excess of PI0 billion shall be provided to farmers in the form of a conditional cash transfer program. Moreover, it mandates the provision of rice insurance to protect rice crops against insurable risks. Lastly, it provides farmers with additional income through temporary employment in government projects. | http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3155428403!.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | Senate Bill No. 1199 | 2019 | 18th | An Act Authorizing The Department Of Social Welfare And Development (DSWD), In Coordination With The National Food Authority (Nfa), To Purchase Palay From Local Farmers Using The Rice Subsidy As Provided Under The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4ps) In The General Appropriations Act (GAA) Of 2019 And To Distribute Rice Subsidy In The Form Of Actual Rice, Instead Of Cash Assistance, To The Qualified Beneficiaries, "Mandatory Palay Purchase Act" | The palay to be distributed to 4Ps beneficiaries shall be primarily purchased from, but not limited to, the local farmers from following provinces: Pangasinan, Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Viscaya, Mindoro Oriental, Mindoro Occidental, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Zamboanga del Sur and Iloilo. The DSWD is hereby mandated to buy palay from the local farmers from the covered provinces and distribute rice subsidy in the form of actual rice, instead of cash assistance to qualified beneficiaries. For this purpose, the DSWD shall be authorized to use the rice subsidy as provided under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4PS) in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2019. The Local Government Units (LGUs) having jurisdiction over the covered provinces are encouraged to purchase the rice requirement of their local hospitals, jails, and other institutions from local farmers. | This bill seeks to help farmers by authorizing the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in coordination with the National Food Authority (NFA), to purchase palay from local farmers in the provinces of Pangasinan, Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Tarlac, Nueva Edja, Zamboanga del Sur and Iloilo using the rice subsidy as provided under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2019 and to distribute rice subsidy in the form of actual rice, instead of cash assistance, to the qualified beneficiaries. | http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3192828776!.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | Senate Bill No. 1195 House Bill No. 4913 House Bill No. 5196 | 2019 | 18th | An Act Authorizing The Use Of The Rice Subsidy As Provided For Under The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) In The General Appropriations Act Of 2019 For The Purchase Of Palay From Farmers, Mandating For The Purpose The Dswd In Coordination With The Department Of Agriculture And Nfa To Buy Palay From The Local Farmers From The Provinces Of Pangasinan, Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Mindoro Oriental, Mindoro Occidental, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Zamboanga Del Sur And Iloilo And Distribute Rice Subsidy In The Form Of Actual Rice, Instead Of Cash Assistance, To Qualified Beneficiaries | Section 3. The above mentioned beneficiaries shall be entited to Rice Assistance/Subsidy which amount is included in the total cash grant for Pantawid Pamilya or Six Hundred Pesos (PhP600) rice subsidy per month, on a per household basis and shall be given in actual kilos of rice instead of cash. The DSWD together with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Food Authority (NFA) shall set the procedure, guidelines, and distribution system in the buying of palay from farmers, and distributing rice to the 4Ps beneficiaries who shall receive their rice subsidy from DSWD-designated outlets. The Department of Finance and the National Economic Development Authority shall likewise provide support in the crafting of the implementing rules. | The bill proposes to use the rice subsidy as provided for under the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the General Appropriations Act of 2019 for the purchase of palay from farmers, mandating for the purpose the Department of Social Welfare and Development in coordination with the Department of Agriculture and the National Food Authority to buy palay from the local farmers from the provinces of Pangasinan, Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Viscaya, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Tarlac, Nueva Edja, Zamboanga del Sur and Iloilo and distribute the rice subsidy in the form of actual rice, instead of cash to the qualified beneficiaries. | http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3192428772!.pdf https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB04913.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | Senate Bill No. 33 | 2019 | 18th | An Act Providing Post-Harvest Facilities To Rice Farmers | SEC. 3. Post-Harvest Facilities. - The Department of Public Works and Highways, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Agrarian Reform, and farmer cooperatives shall construct warehouses and rice mills in every rice producing municipality and city in the Philippines: Provided, That in the initial phase of the program, every district with at least one rice-producing municipality shall be the beneficiary of at least one warehouse and rice mill. Additionally, the Department of Trade and Industry, in consultation with the Depeurtment of Agriculture, the Department of Agrarian Reform, and farmer cooperatives, shall provide the equipment and machinery required to operate these warehouses and rice mills as well as the necessary transport facilities. Acquisition of Fanner Cooperatives. - The warehouses and rice mills, including the equipment and machinery required to operate them, shall be sold at cost to accredited farmer cooperatives which will be given 25 years to amortize the facilities. The amount of One Billion Pesos (Php 1,000,000,000.00) is initially appropriated for the program. In subsequent years, funding for the program shall be incorporated in the General Appropriations Act. | To further improve lowering postharvest procluction losses, the bill proposes that government constructs and provides postharvest facilities like warehouses, rice mills, and transport facilities; and sells these postharvest facilities at cost to accredited farmer cooperatives. | http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3024927080!.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 3516 | 2019 | 18th | An Act Creating The Monthly Rice Subsidy Program For The Twelve (12) Million Extreme Poverty Stricken Filipinos, And For Other Purposes | a. It shall hereby be a policy of the state to create a Monthly Rice Subsidy Program for the twelve (12) million extremely poverty stricken Filipinos. b. It shall hereby be a policy of the state to promote poverty alleviation schemes in a successive and progressive manner. | The bill seeks to foster the continuity and expansion of development programs fro the extremely poverty stricken Filipinos. | https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB03516.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 4625 | 2019 | 18th | An Act Mandating Rice Retailers To Identify Locally Produced Rice As Produced By Filipino Farmers, And Appropriating Funds Therefor, "Filipino Farmers First Act" | Sec. 3. Coverage. — All retailers of rice shall identify any locally produced rice as produced by Filipino farmers by attaching the label “Taas Noo, Filipino!” to the product. | To encourage support for local rice farmers and boost demand for locally produced rice, the bill seeks to require retailers to label locally produced rice as produced by Filipino farmers. | https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB04625.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 5071 | 2019 | 18th | An Act Mandating The National Food Authority To Establish Rice Drying Facilities And Appropriating Funds Therefor, "NFA Rice Drying Facilities Act" | SEC. 3. Drying Facilities — The National Food Authority (NFA) shallprocure, build, install, operate, manage, and/or maintainrice drying facilities sufficient in quantity and geographically accessible to local famers to enable it to buy rice directly from local farmers. These drying facilities shall be used by the NFA solely to dry rice to be bought directly from local farmers. The NFA shall allow local farmers to use these drying facilities at no cost for rice to be directly sold to the NFA. SEC. 4. Appropriations. — The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act, i.e., to enable the NFA to procure, build, install, operate, manage, and/or maintain sufficient rice drying facilities around the Philippines,shall be charged against the appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and/or sourced fromPAGCOR, PCSO, and the MALAMPAYA Funds. The required budget for continued implementation of this Act shall be submitted to the Department of Budget and Management for inclusion in the General Appropriations Act. | The bill seeks to enhance the country’s rice drying capabilities by mandating the procurement of both traditional and mechanical drying systems for use by the NFA and our local farmers. | https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB05071.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 5193 House Bill No. 476 | 2019 | 18th | An Act Repealing Republic Act No. 11203, Otherwise Known As "An Act Liberalizing The Importation, Exportation And Trading Of Rice, Lifting For The Purpose The Quantitative Import Restriction On Rice, And For Other Purposes | The lifting of the quantitative restriction on the importation of rice had an unforeseen effect - imported rice is currently flooding the market. However, Filipino farmers are now enduring the negative impacts of the law immediately after its enactment. The Philippine Statistics Authority data shows that the farmgate prices of palay has gone down, from P212 to P18 per kilo3, farmers from rice producing regions claim that palay prices have gone down to as low as P7 per kilo. While the law provides for the creation of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund which will be used to directly support the rice farmers, it is not enough to address the woes of our farmers, and that is the massive loss of their only source of livelihood. Republic Act No. 11203, otherwise known as “An Act Liberalizing the Importation, Exportation and Trading of Rice, Lifting for the Purpose the Quantitative Import Restriction on Rice, and for Other Purposes" is hereby repealed. | This bill seeks to repeal Republic Act No. 11203, otherwise known as “An Act Liberalizing the Importation, Exportation and Trading of Rice, Lifting for the Purpose the Quantitative Import Restriction on Rice, and for Other Purposes.” | https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB05193.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 5247 | 2019 | 18th | An Act Repealing Presidential Decree No. 1620 Otherwise Known As "Granting To The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) The Status, Prerogatives, Privileges And Immunities Of An International Organization" | A world without Intemational Rice Research Institute is a world free from monopoly of rice crop varieties and from diseases and deaths brought by IRRI’s agro-chemicals. IRRI’s existence in the Philippines is more than half a century but failed to contribute in attaining food security in the country. This concrete situation pushed Filipino peasantry, agriculturists and scientists, food security advocates and people’s organizations to press the government of agricultural programs and policies based on genuine rural development, free from foreign monopoly control and sincere in achieving food security for the people. Presidential Decree No. 1620 Otherwise Known As "Granting To The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) The Status, Prerogatives, Privileges And Immunities Of An International Organization" is hereby repealed. | This bill seeks to repeal Presidential Decree No. 1620 Otherwise Known As "Granting To The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) The Status, Prerogatives, Privileges And Immunities Of An International Organization" | https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB05247.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 5450 | 2019 | 18th | An Act Exempting From Taxes Fertilizers And Pesticides Used In Rice Production, "Farm Fertilizer & Pesticide Tax Exemption Act" | SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. — It is the declared policy of the State to recognize the indispensable role of the agricultural sector for national growth and development. As such, the State shall foster an enabling environment for rice farmers, and provide effective assistance to them to enable them to earn a reasonable profit and increase and encourage local rice production. SEC. 3. Tax Exemption — All fertilizers and pesticides used in rice production are hereby exempt from all taxes. | This bill seeks to exempt from all taxes fertilizers and pesticides used in rice production to make them more affordable and enable farmers to earn a reasonable profit. | https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB05450.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 5529 | 2019 | 18th | An Act Authorizing The Advance Use Of The Bureau Of Customs' 2019 Excess Tariff Revenues From Rice Importation, And Other Possible Sources, As A Special Emergency Fund Setting-Up The Rice Farmer Financial Assistance As Direct Cash Transfers To Rice Farmers | SECTION 1. Emergency Fund for Farmers. The Bureau of Custom’s excess tariff revenues from rice importation in 2019 and other possible sources are authorized as a special emergency fund for setting-up the Rice Farmer Financial Assistance which shall be direct cash transfers to rice farmers. The distribution of direct cash assistance shall be in accordance with the procedure, guidelines, and distribution system to be determined by the Department of Agriculture (DA). In the exercise of oversight powers of Congress, the DA shall report on a monthly basis to the House of Representatives and the Senate regarding all pertinent matters relative tothe utilization of the Fund. | The bill seeks to immediately set-up the Rice Farmer Financial Assistance as supplementary and transitional safety measure to serve as compensation to rice farmers who are farming two (2) hectares and below for the reduction or loss of their farm income arising from the tariffication of the quantitative import restriction on rice | https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB05529.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 6161 House Bill No. 6454 | 2019 | 18th | An Act Further Liberalizing The Rice And Corn Industry, Repealing For Such Purpose Republic Act No. 3018, Otherwise Known As 'An Act Limiting The Right To Engage In The Rice And Corn Industry To Citizens Of The Philippines, And For Other Purposes' And Amending Presidential Decree No. 194 Authorizing Aliens, As Well As Associations, Corporations Or Partnerships Owned In Whole Or In Part By Foreigners To Engage In The Rice And Corn Industry, And For Other Purposes | SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. — The State recognizes the importance of attracting, promoting and welcoming productive investments in the rice and corn industry that will bring down prices for the Filipino consumer, create more jobs, stimulate economic growth, stabilize food supply, enable technology transfer, and enable Philippine goods and services to become globally competitive. The State, therefore, adopts the policy of removing artificial restraints upon the effort to develop the rice and corn industry, especially in cases where grains, including rice and corn and/or by-products thereof, are used for direct consumption or as raw materials in the manufacture or processing of their finished products. SECTION 5. Repealing Clause. — Republic Act No. 3018, as amended, is hereby repealed. Sections 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 of Presidential Decree No. 194 are likewise repealed and all other laws, executive orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are repealed or modified accordingly. | This Bill seeks to fulfill P.D. No. 194’s original vision of a truly liberalized rice and corn industry by repealing the aforementioned divestment requirement, rationalizing the definition of rice and/or corn industry and to reiterate the promotion of productive foreign investments in agriculture as a key to national and rural development. | https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB06161.pdf https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB06454.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 1009 | 2019 | 18th | An Act Mandating The Department Of Agriculture (DA) To Provide The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) With Additional Funding, Ensuring Continuing Appropriations, And For Other Purposes | SECTION 1. DECLARATION OF POLICY - the Department of Agriculture shall hereby provide an additional funding of Fifty million pesos (P50,000,000.00) to the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PHILRICE) to implement the provisions of this Act. The FHILRICE is hereby authorized to re-align its appropriations, in the current year of the date of the effectivity of this Act to conform with its mandate. | The bill seeks to provide PHILRICE additional funding to fully perform its functions in accordance to its mandate. | https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB01009.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 1305 | 2019 | 18th | An Act To Promote The Production Of Aromatic Rice And Fancy Rice Varieties And To Authorize The Exportation Thereof | SECTION 2. Aromatic rice and fancy rice varieties for export. The aromatic rice and fancy rice varieties that may be authorized for export under this Act shall include: Sinampaguita; Denorado; Milagrosa; Sinandomeng; Maligaya Selection 3, 6 and 8; College # 22, UPLB Rice # 5 and 7 and such other varieties as the National Food Authority may determine, after production trials and market analysis, and thereby declared to be marketable for export. SECTION 3. Means of support. The National Food Authority shall encourage the production of such identified aromatic rice and fancy rice varieties through direct technical assistance, funding support, stand-by purchase commitments, or in cooperation with government or private sector institutions, formulate and implement production and export programs for such varieties of rice. | The bill seeks to support local production of aromatic and fancy rice varieties and authorize their exportation to help set the Philippines again as a major player in the international rice market. | https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB01305.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | House Bill No. 477 | 2019 | 18th | The Rice Industry Development Act | SECTION7. Focused poverty alleviation program for special beneficiaries. - This Act shall have all rice farmers as beneficiaries of its component programs. It also targets the consumers as the end-use beneficiaries of its restructuring program of the domestic rice market. SECTION 13. Rice Development Zones. - To more effectively deliver the core programs of this Act and to attain greatest impact, the Department shall identify the rice areas in the country with the proven capability to produce above the national, average or above the requirements of the local population or highest potential for increasing rice production and cluster them into Rice Development Zones. SECTION 18. Core programs. - To attain the objectives of this Act, it shall have the following core programs: a. Production support program; b. Focused-poverty alleviation program for the poorest rice farmers c. Accelerated infrastructure development program for imigation and post-harvest facilities; d. Research and development and auxiliary support and extension services program; e. Rice lands and rice industry protection program; f. Strengthening of the NFA for the implementation of enhanced govermment price support program for farmers and consumers; and g. Rice farmers empowerment program; SECTION 85. Policy against rice importation. - As a general rule, rice importation is hereby prohibited. As an exception, it shall only be resorted to upon recommendation of the National Rice Supply Security Council, as created under Section 98 hereof, after it has determined through investigation the existence of a rice crisis. The decision to import rice shall be made in accordance with the next Section. | The bill seeks to lay down a comprehensive program to develop our rice industry into a formidable centrl pillar of our food security. | https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB00477.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | Senate Bill No. 1171 | 2016 | 17th | An Act To Provide Compensation To Farmers Who Suffer From Recurrent Disasters And Calamities, To Sustain Agricultural Credit And Financing, And To Ensure Food Security, By Making Insurance Mandatory For Palay And Other Essential Crops, Amending For The Purpose Section 4 Of Presidential Decree No. 1467, As Amended By Republic Act No. 8175, Or The ‘Revised Charter Of The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) Act Of 1995,’ And For Other Purposes, "Expanded Crop Insurance Act of 2016" | PD No. 1467, otherwise known as the Charter of the Philippine Crop Insurance (PCIC), as amended by RA No. 8175 or the "Revised Charter of the PCIC Act of 1995", is hereby further amended, to read as follows: “Section 4. Who Shall Be Insured. - Participation in the insurance for palay and other crops determined to be essential for food security shall be compulsory upon all farmers. In case farmers are financially incapable, the national food authority (nfa) shall secure crop insurance for them. The nfa shall pay for the insurance premium and shall become at least a fifty percent (50%) beneficiary of the insurance proceeds or claim. For all other crops.... | The bill seeks to assist farmers through the expansion of the coverage of mandatory crop insurance. | http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/2490121432!.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | Senate Bill No. 332 House Bill No. 2852 House Bill No. 3466 | 2016 | 17th 18th | An Act Considering Rice Or Corn Hoarding And Profiteering During Or On The Occasion Of Any Calamity Or Emergency Declared As Such By The President As Equivalent To Economic Sabotage, Partly Amending For The Purpose Republic Act No. 7581, Otherwise Known As The Price Act, And For Other Purposes, "Anti-Rice or Corn Hoarding and Profiteering Act" | “Section 13-a. The Anti Rice or Corn Hoarding and Profiteering task force: composition and functions. — With respect to rice and corn, there shall be created an anti-rice or corn hoarding and profiteering task force in every province, city and municipality tasked with monitoring the inventory level of all rice or corn mills, warehouses and stockhouses to determine their respective monthly stocks of rice or corn therein... ... The Acts of Rice or Corn Hoarding or Profiteering shall be punishable by imprisonement for a period of not less than ten (10) years nor more than twenty (20) years and fine of not less than one hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) nor more then five million pesos (P5,000,000): Provided, further that when the acts of rice or corn hoarding and profiteering are committed during or ont he occasion of any calamity, disaster or any emergency... | The bill seeks to consider rice or corn hoarding and profiteering during or on the occasion of any calamity/emergency as economic sabotage. | http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/2377120433!.pdf https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB02852.pdf https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB03466.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | Senate Bill No. 53 House Bill No. 2899 House Bill No. 793 | 2016 | 17th 18th | An Act Establishing A Strategic Food Security Rice Reserve And For Other Purposes | SEC. 4. Administration. - In order for the National Food Authority (NFA) to effectively perform the functions and responsibilities provided for in this Act, it shall: 1. Maintain and manage a government rice reserve equivalent to fifteen (15) days of the national rice consumption for the current year and determine the location and distribution of such stocks into depots nationwide. 2. Procure stock from small farmers and farmers' cooperatives and import only under abnormal conditions determined through consultation with all affected sectors unless directed otherwise by the President... 3. Release to the market said government rice reserve upon the declaration of a state of calamity by the President of the Republic of the Philippines.. SEC. 5. Refill of Rice Reserve. - The NFA shall ensure that rice stocks are refilled in accordance with the provisions of this Act. SEC. 6. Strengthening Farmers Cooperative.- Net proceeds from the importation of the rice reserve shall be used to strengthen farmers’ cooperatives in their grains marketing activities. | The bill seeks to establish a strategic food security rice research to ensure a steady supply of rice at affordable prices. | http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/2346620074!.pdf https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB02899.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Republic Act No. 10848 | 2015 | 16th | An Act Further Extending the Period of Implementation of the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACED), Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 8178, As Amneded by Republic Act No. 9496, Entitled: "An Act Replacing Quantitative Import Restrictions on Agricultural Products, Except Rice, with Tariffs, Creating the Agricultural Competittiveness Enhancement Fund, and For Other Purposes | “The Fund shall continue to be set aside up to the year 2022, after which the collection of duties from the MAV mechanism and the setting aside of the amount collected for the purpose shall terminate. However, any remaining balance(s) at the date of expiration of the Fund shall not revert to the General Fund but shall continue to be used for the purpose for which it was collected and set aside. | The law seeks to extend the utilization period of the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) until 2022. | http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/republic_acts/ra%2010848.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | Senate Bill No. 2585 | 2015 | 16th | An Act To Increase Short Term Grain Availability, Minimize Vulnerability To External Price And Supply Shocks And Achieve Immediate Rice Security, Mandating For That Purpose The Creation Of A Fertilizer Support Mechanism And The Restructuring And Reorientation Of The National Food Authority, Appropriating Funds Therefor And For Other Purposes, "Immediate Rice Security Act of 2015" | SEC. 3. Creation of the Fertilizer Support Program. - As the mechanism for extending government fertilizer counterpart to the farmers, a Fertilizer Support Program (FSP) is hereby created which shall be implemented per cropping season over the next fiscal year immediately succeeding the enactment of this Act or for the duration of the rice crisis as determined by the President upon recommendation of the Department of Agriculture, whichever is longer. SEC. 4. Fertilizer Subsidy Mechanism. - The FSP shall provide “buy- two-take-three” in-kind urea (46% nitrogen) subsidy to qualified farmers of irrigated land duly recognized by and registered with the municipal agricultural offices (MAO) of their local government units. Upon presentation of proof of procurement of two bags from a FPA registered fertilizer dealer or retailer, the FPA designated distribution centers shall give out the corresponding amount of in-kind urea subsidy to MAO-registered farmer-beneficiaries ; Provided, however, that the amount of urea granted to each farmer shall not be less than two (2) 50- kgs. bags or more than three (3) 50 kgs. bags per hectare. SEC. 9. Reforms In the National Food Authority - The National Food Authority shall, within one (1) year from the effectivity of this Act, formulate and implement guidelines to phase out its participation in rice importation: Provided that the NFA shall undertake a comprehensive review of its plans and programs and redesign the same to focus on the management and maintenance of proper levels of buffer stock requirements of the country. | The bill seeks to mandate an immediate fertilizer support to Filipino farmers of irrigated land in the form of a “buy 2-take 3" subsidy scheme where farmer beneficiaries will receive in-kind 3 bags of urea fertilizer per hectare of irrigated rice farm actually tilled to supplement 2 bags already privately purchased. This will ensure that farmers are able to use the prescribed amount of fertilizer per hectare, plus one more, to increase rice yields. | http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/2043717542!.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | Senate Bill No. 2082 | 2015 | 16th | An Act Declaring Rice Smuggling As Act Of Economic Sabotage, Prescribing Penalties Therefor And For Other Purposes, "Anti-Rice Smuggling Act of 2014" | SECTION 3. Definition of the Crime of Rice Smuggling. — Any person who shall import or bring into the Philippines staple grain-rice without the required import permit from the implementing agency, or any person who shall import staple grain-rice by means of fraud or by illegally obtaining the required import permit shall be guilty of the crime of rice smuggling, including those acts which are within the purview of technical smuggling. SECTION 4. Rice Smuggling as Act of Economic Sabotage. — The acts of rice smuggling, including technical smuggling thereof are acts inimical to national interest, economic growth and development. Any person regardless of nationality or citizenship found guilty of engaging in rice smuggling or technical smuggling thereof of a minimum aggregate amount of One Million Pesos (Php 1,000,000.00) worth of rice as valued by the Bureau of Customs utilizing methods of value verification such as but not limited to Revision Orders and/or appropriate agencies and entities identified, accredited or certified by the Bureau of Customs, shall be guilty of economic sabotage. | This bill seeks to address the growing and unresolved cases of rice smuggling in the country by defining the crimg as economic sabotage due to its inimical effects on the national interest, economic growth and development. | http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/1856615716!.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Bill | Senate Bill No. 2079 | 2013 | 16th | An Act Instituting A Fertilizer Subsidy Program For Rice Farmers. "Rice Fertilizer Subsidy Act of 2013" | SECTION 2. National Rice Fertilizer Subsidy Program. — The Department of Agriculture (the “Department”) shall implement a National Rice Fertilizer Subsidy Program which shall benefit qualified rice farmers. ’ SECTION 3. Fertilizer Subsidy. — The Department shall provide organic fertilizer to qualified rice farmers with 'a fifty percent (50%) subsidy from the procurement cost of such fertilizer. SECTION 4. Regional Database. — The Department shall establish and maintain a regional electronic database that contains the names, contact information, and addresses of farmers who are qualified to avail of the fertilizer-subsidy under this program. | The bill seeks to (1) support the livelihoods of rice farmers; (2) achieve national self-sufficiency in rice; (3) ensure that it is financially sustainable for the government; (4) curtail transaction costs and inefficiencies associated with distribution; and (5) minimize environmental pollution due to over-application of fertilizer. | http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/1856315713!.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Republic Act No. 9496 | 2008 | 14th | An Act to Extend the Utilization Period of the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, Amending Republic Act No. 8178, Entitled “An Act Replacing Quantitative Import Restrictions on Agricultural Products, Except Rice, with Tariffs, Creating the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, and for Other Purposes” | “The Fund shall continue to be set aside up to the year 2015, after which the collection of duties from the MAV mechanism and the setting aside of the amount collected for the purpose shall terminate. However, any remaining balance(s) at the date of expiration of the Fund shall not revert to the General Fund but shall continue to be used for the purpose for which it was collected and set aside. The Fund shall be set aside and earmarked by Congress: (a) for the protection of farmers against unfair trade practices such as smuggling, dumping of agricultural products or other similar acts of unfair trade practices; and (b) for the increased productivity of farmers by providing the necessary support services such as, but not limited to, irrigation, farm-to-market roads, post-harvest equipment and facilities, credit, research and development, other marketing infrastructure, provision of market information, retraining, extension services, micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMME) in agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries sectors; young entrepreneurs, out-of-school youth, graduates of agriculture, fisheries and related courses; agriculture and fishery cooperatives, corporations and others entrepreneurs engaged in economic enterprises related to agriculture and fisheries and assistance and support to agricultural activities including, but not limited to, the reduction of input cost, quality improvement, supply chain efficiency and other infrastructure including access as well as an established transportation mechanism towards speedy delivery of products: | The law seeks to extend the utilization period of the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) until 2015. | http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/republic_acts/ra%209496.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Republic Act No. 8178 | 1996 | 10th | An Act Replacing Quantitative Import Restrictions on Agricultural Products, Except Rice, with Tariffs, Creating the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, and for Other Purposes, "Agricultural Tarrification Act" | Section 6. Tariffication.— In lieu quantitative restrictions, the maximum bound rates committed under the Uruguay Round Final Act shall be imposed on the agricultural products whose quantitative restrictions are repealed by this Act. Section 7. Mechanism for the Implementation of Minimum Access Volume (MAV).— An equitable and transparent mechanism for allocating the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) of agricultural products, whose quantitative restrictions are herein lifted, shall be developed and established.... Section 8. Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund.— To implement the policy enunciated in this Act, there is hereby created the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, hereinafter referred to as the Fund. The proceeds of the importation of minimum access volume shall accrue to the General Fund and shall be deposited with the National Treasury. The entire proceeds shall be set aside and earmarked by Congress for irrigation, farm-to-market roads, post-harvest equipment and facilities, credit, research and development, other marketing infrastructure, provision of market information, retraining, extension services, and other forms of assistance and support to the agricultural sector. | The law seeks to make the country's agricultural sector viable, efficient and globally competitive by adopting the use of tariffs in lieu of non-tariff import restrictions, except in the case of rice. | https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1996/03/28/republic-act-no-8178-s-1996/ | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Presidential Decree No. 1947 | 1985 | Null | To Further Encourage the Production of Rice, Corn and Other Priority Crops | Section 1. Any private agricultural land, whether classified as landed estate or not, presently idle or devoted to crops other than rice or corn but suited to the production of rice, corn and other priority crops, which may now or hereafter be planted to or intercropped with rice, corn and other priority crops shall not be covered by the land transfer program as embodied in P.D. 27, as amended. | The decree seeks to provide incentives for the production of rice, corn and other priority crops to encourage participation in the production of such crops by devoting uncultivated lands or lands planted to crops other than rice and corn to the production of these vital food commodities. | https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1984/06/29/presidential-decree-no-1947-s-1984/ | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Order | Executive Order No. 1061 | 1985 | Null | Establishing The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PRRI) | SECTION 1. Establishment. – There is hereby established a body corporate to be known as the Philippine Rice Research Institute, hereinafter referred to as the Institute, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The Institute shall have its principal office at Los Baños, Laguna, but may establish other branches, offices, or subsidiaries elsewhere in the Philippines as may be necessary or proper for the accomplishment of its purposes and objectives. SEC. 2. Purposes and Objectives. – The Institute shall develop, in coordination with the University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB), a national rice research program so as to sustain and further improve the gains already made in rice production, improve the income and economic condition of small rice farmers, expand employment opportunities in the rural areas, and ultimately promote the general welfare of the people through self-sufficiency in rice production. | The order seeks to create the Philippine Rice Research Institute. | https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1985/11/05/executive-order-no-1061-s-1985/ | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Presidential Decree No. 1211 | 1977 | Null | Regulating the Milling of Rice | Section 1. The milling of overmilled rice (rice with all the bran removed) is hereby prohibited. All rice mill owners/operators are required to mill a minimum of 10% of all palay owned and/or received by them for milling into brown rice (rice with only the hull removed) and the balance into regular milled rice only. Section 2. Ricemill owners/operators whose mills are not equipped with the necessary mechanism or device to control the milling degree shall be given temporary permits for a period of one (1) year from the effectivity of this decree and only for the purpose of servicing the monthly requirements of individual households; provided, further, that if after the lapse of this grace period, any mill owner/operator who has not improved his mill to enable it to mill brown rice and regular milled rice shall not be licensed by N.G.A. Section 3. The Department of Public Information shall require all sectors of the mass media to allocate spot time and/or space for the informational and educational campaign on brown rice and regular milled rice to be conducted by the National Grains Authority. Section 4. The Department of Education and Culture and all other government agencies and/or instrumentalities, including all government owned or controlled corporations, shall assist the NGA in this campaign. | The decree seeks to regulate the milling of rice, thereby prohibiting the milling of overmilled rice. | https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1977/10/12/presidential-decree-no-1211-s-1977/ | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Presidential Decree No. 194 | 1973 | Null | Authorizing Aliens, as Well as Associations, Corporations or Partnerships Owned in Whole or in Part by Foreigners to Engage in the Rice and Corn Industry, and for Other Purposes | After thirteen (13) years of operation, RA3018 has a great extent succeeded in transferring the rice and corn industry in all its aspects to Filipinos and Filipino-owned entities. The existing law, however, has created artificial restraints in the national effort to develop the rice and corn industry. There is need to encourage foreign investments on a large scale to develop virgin lands for rice and corn. Section 1. An alien, association, partnership or corporation, owned in whole or in part by foreigners, may engage in the rice and/or corn industry. Section 5. In connection with the foreign equity participation, at least 60% thereof shall be transferred to Filipino citizens over a period to be established by the National Grains Authority at the time of approval of its authority to engage in the industry, or phase out its operation within the same period. | The decree seeks to repeal RA No. 3018, which limits the right to engage in the rice and corn industry to Philippine citizens only. | https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1973/05/17/presidential-decree-no-194-s-1973/ | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Presidential Decree No. 262 | 1973 | Null | Authorizing the Use of Virgin Public Lands for Rice and Other Crops and Providing Funds Therefor | 1. The Palayan Ng Bayan project is hereby authorized and shall be aggressively pursued and implemented, effective immediately. 2. In order to fund this project, the national government, through the Secretary of Finance, shall issue Cereal Bonds of up to P200 million for purchase by government and other financing institutions. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited with the Philippine National Bank for the account of the Office of the President and shall be used (a) to fund the development and operation of virgin public lands approved for use under the Palayan Ng Bayan project by a National Advisory Council, to be created under an appropriate Letter of Instruction; (b) to fund awards for Palayan Ng Bayan provincial projects, in order to provide incentives for outstanding performance in such projects, provided such awards shall not exceed Two hundred fifty thousand pesos for each crop season; and (c) to support the staff that will help manage the Palayan Ng Bayan project. 3. Any virgin public land authorized for use by the Council under the Palayan Ng Bayan project shall automatically be set aside for such purpose but shall remain as public land and when no longer needed for Palayan Ng Bayan project shall revert to their original purpose unless otherwise decreed. | The decree seeks to support the Palayan Ng Bayan program aimed to increase rice production, supplement the production of other food crops, inject substantial revenues into provincial economics, and provide additional employment opportunities. | https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1973/08/02/presidential-decree-no-262-s-1973/ | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Presidential Decree No. 4 as Amended by Presidential dEcree Nos. 699 and 1485 | 1972 | Null | Providing For The Development Of The Rice And Corn Industry And Creating For This Purpose The National Grains Authority / Proclaiming The Creation Of The National Grains Authority And Providing Funds Therefor, "National Grains Authority Act" | There is hereby created a body corporate known a the National Grains Authority, hereinafter simply referred to as the Administration, which shall be governed by a Board of Directors, known as the National Grains Authority Council, hereinafter referred to as the Council. (Sec. 5, P.D 1485) The powers and functions of the Authority shall be vested in the Council which shall have the overall responsibility for formulating and coordinating a comprehensive program for the development of the grains industry. Powers: To institute the negotiable warehouse receipt or quedan system in palay, corn and other grains not later than two (2) years after the approval of this Act. Pending the institution of said quedan system, however, the Authority shall implement the price support by procuring grains at the announced floor price in such quantities and in such places as may be necessary; provided, That no such grains shall be procured unless they are stored in a bonded warehouse iunder a bond of not less than thirty-three and one-third (33 1/3) per centrum of the value of the stocks of said grains; To maintain and manage a national buffer stock the quantity and locations of which shall be determined by the Authority (Sec. 6 A (11); To establish rules and regulations governing the importation of rice, corn and other grains and their substitutes and/or by-products/end-products and to (Sec. 6 A (xii) license, impose and collect fees and charges for said importation for the purpose of equalizing the selling price of such imported grains and their substitutes and/or their by-products/end-products with the normal prevailing domestic prices | The decree seeks to promote the integrated growth and development of the grains industry (rice, corn, wheat, and other grains and their substitutes such as but not limited to mongo, soybeans and cassava) (Sec. 3, P.D 1485) so that it can adequately function as an institution conscious of its social responsibilities and capable of providing adequate and continuous food supply to the nation and of contributing to its proper share to national economy. | https://nfa.gov.ph/images/files/Transparency/PD-04.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Republic Act No. 3452 | 1962 | 5th | An Act to Adopt a Program to Stabilize the Price of Palay, Rice and Corn, to Provide Incentives for Production, and to Create a Rice and Corn Administration to Implement the Same, and to Provide Funds Therefor | Section 1. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Government that in order to stabilize the price of palay, rice and corn, it shall engage in the purchase of these basic foods directly from those tenants, farmers, growers, producers and landowners in the Philippines who wish to dispose of their produce at a price that will afford them a fair and just return for their labor and capital investment, and whenever circumstances brought about by any cause, natural or artificial, should so require, shall sell and dispose of these commodities to the consumers at areas of consumption at a price that is within their reach. Section 2. To carry out the foregoing policy, there is hereby created the Rice and Corn Administration under the Office of the President of the Philippines. The Administration shall maintain regional offices in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. With a view to regulating the level of supply of rice and corn throughout the country, the Administration is authorized to accumulate stocks as a national reserve in such quantities as it may deem proper and necessary to meet any contingencies. The buffer stocks held as a national reserve shall be deposited by the Administration throughout the country under appropriate dispersal plans in bonded warehouses, either government-owned or privately-owned, and may be released only upon the occurrence of calamities or emergencies, or when there is spiralling of local prices or if a declared surplus is announced by the government agencies concerned the same may be exported. | The law seeks to establish the Rice and Corn Administration, which shall directly purchase palay, rice and corn from tenants, farmers, growers, producers and landowners in the Philippines to help stabilize the price of these goods. | Null | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Republic Act No. 2707 | 1960 | 4th | An Act to Exempt the International Rice Research Institute or its Successors from the Payment of Gift, Franchise, Specific, Percentage, Real Property Exchange, Import, Export and All Other Taxes, and the Members of its Scientific and Technical Staff from the Payment of Income Tax | Section 1. The provisions of existing laws or ordinances to the contrary notwithstanding, the International Rice Research Institute, or its successors, shall be exempt from the payment of gift, franchise, specific, percentage, real property, exchange, import, export, and all other taxes provided under existing laws or ordinances. This exemption shall extend to goods imported and owned by the International Rice Research Institute to be leased or used by members of its staff. Section 2. All gifts, bequests, donations and contributions which may be received by the International Rice Research Institute from any source whatsoever, or which may be granted by the Institute to any individual or non-profit organization for educational or scientific purposes, shall be exempt from the payment of the taxes imposed under Title III of the National Internal Revenue Code. All gifts, contributions and donations to the Institute shall be considered allowable deductions for purposes of determining the income tax of the donor. Section 3. Non-Filipino citizens serving on the technical and scientific staff of the International Rice Research Institute shall be exempt from the payment of income tax on salaries and stipends in dollars received solely and by reason of service rendered to the Institute. | The law aims to exempt the international rice research institute or its successors from the payment of gift, franchise, specific, percentage, real property exchange, import, export and all other taxes, and the members of its scientific and technical staff from the payment of income tax. | Null | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Republic Act No. 3018 | 1960 | 4th | An Act Limiting the Right to Engage in the Rice and Corn Industry to Citizens of the Philippines, and for Other Purposes | Section 1. No person who is not a citizen of the Philippines, or association, partnership or corporation, the capital or capital stock of which is not wholly owned by citizens of the Philippines, shall directly or indirectly engage in the rice and/or corn industry except as provided in Section three of this Act. Section 2. Within sixty days from the date of approval of this Act, all persons who are not citizens of the Philippines and associations, partnerships or corporations the capital or capital stock of which is not wholly owned by citizens of the Philippines, engaged and duly licensed to engage in the rice and/or corn industry as of the date of approval of this Act shall register and file under oath with the city or municipal treasurer of the place where they reside or have their principal office a verified statement in quadruplicate containing the names, addresses and nationality of the owners, partners or stockholders, the amount of their assets, the nature and the amount of their investments, the names of their principal officials and such other related matters as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Finance. Section 4. For the purpose of this Act, the Development Bank of the Philippines shall set aside an adequate revolving fund for loan of at least fifty million pesos, which shall be lent to Filipinos with interest of not more than seven per cent per annum against secured collaterals for milling, processing, warehousing, and marketing of rice and/or corn | The law limits the right to engage in the rice and corn industry to Philippine citizens only. | Null | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Republic Act No. 2207 | 1959 | 4th | An Act Prohibit the Importation of Rice and Corn and to Provide Penalties for the Violation Thereof | Section 2. Prohibition.— It shall be unlawful for any person. association, corporation or government agency to import rice and corn into any point in the Philippines: Provided, However, That should there be an existing or imminent shortage in the local supply of the above-mentioned commodities of such gravity as to constitute a national emergency, upon certification to this effect by the National Economic Council, based on the studies of the Office of Statistical Coordination of said body, the President of the Philippines may authorize the importation of these commodities, through any government agency that he may designate, in such quantities as the National Economic Council may determine necessary to cover the shortage, subject to the taxes, duties and/or special charges as now provided by law: Provided, Further, That contracts for such importation shall be only on straight-sales basis, and awarded only after a public bidding, with sealed bids. | The law seeks to protect and promote the interests of local producers and planters of rice and corn by prohibiting the importation of rice and corn. | Null | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Republic Act No. 1146 | 1954 | 3rd | An Act Authorizing the Government to Sell Fertilizers to Rice and Corn Producers and Farmers at Actual Cost, Constituting the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, for This Purpose, as the Agency to Take Charge of the Sale and Distribution of Fertilizers and to Implement the Provisions of This Act | Section 2. The Government is hereby authorized to sell at actual cost fertilizers to palay and corn producers and farmers. Section 3. The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources is hereby designated to take charge of the sale and distribution of fertilizers, granting to the said department the power to promulgate rules and regulations subject to the provisions of this Act, and the authority to vest the powers and duties prescribed by this Act in any of its division or sections as it may deem wise. Section 4. The sum of six million pesos is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as a revolving fund for the purchase and sale of fertilizers. | The law allows the government to sell fertilizers to rice and corn farmers at actual cost. | Null | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Republic Act No.832 | 1952 | 2nd | An Act to Regulate the Sale, Exchange, or Delivery of Home Pounded, Undermilled, Milled or Polished Rice, and Providing Penalty for Violation Thereof | Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any merchant or miller except as hereinafter provided, to sell or offer for sale, deliver or exchange for any services or goods, home pounded, undermilled, milled or polished rice which is not labelled in accordance with such requirements as may be prescribed in the rules and regulations duly issued by the Secretary of Health in accordance with the provisions of this Act. | The law seeks to regulate the sale, exchange, or delivery of home pounded, undermilled, milled or polished rice. | Null | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Republic Act No. 663 | 1951 | 2nd | An Act to Develop and Improve the Rice and Corn Industries, to Stabilize the Price of Rice and to Promote the Social and Economic Conditions of the People Engaged in the Production of These Staple Foods | For the purpose of developing and improving the rice and corn industries in all their phases, of stabilizing the prices of rice and corn, and of promoting the social and economic conditions of the people who are engaged in the production of these staple foods, as corporation is hereby created which shall be known as the National Rice and Corn Corporation and shall be referred to herein as Corporation. All assets and liabilities of the defunct NARIC which were turned over to the PRISCO by virtue of Executive Order No. 350 are hereby transferred to this new Corporation. The National Rice and Corn Corporation shall be organized within one month after the date of the approval of this Act and shall exist for a term of thirty years from the said date. The Corporation shall have its main office in the City of Manila. | The law seeks to establish the the National Rice and Corn Cooperation. | Null | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx | |
| Law | Republic Act No. 34 | 1946 | 1st | An Act Amending Certain Sections of Act Numbered Four Thousand Fifty-Four, as Amended, Otherwise Known as “The Philippine Rice Share Tenancy Act” | Some of the amendments include the following: "Sec. 3. Landlord and tenant interpreted. — For the purpose of this Act, the word "landlord" shall mean and include either a natural or juridical person who is the real owner of the land which is the subjectmatter of the contract, as well as a lessee, a usufructuary or any other legitimate possessor of agricultural land cultivated by another; and the word "tenant" shall mean a farmer or farm laborer who undertakes to work and cultivates land for another or a person who furnishes the labor with the consent of the landlord. "Sec. 4. Form of contract. — The contract on share tenancy, in order to be valid and binding, shall be drawn in triplicate in the language or dialect known to all the parties thereto, to be signed to thumb-marked both by the landlord or his authorized representative and by the tenant, before two witnesses, one to be chosen by each party. "Sec. 7. Freedom to contract. — The landlord and tenant shall be free to enter into any or all kinds of tenancy contract as long as they are not contrary to existing laws, morals and public policy.... | The law seeks to amend Act No. 4054, "Philippine Rice Share Tenancy Act". | https://media.dar.gov.ph/source/2018/06/23/republic-act-no-34.pdf | Rice | Null | Jeff | 11/22/2024 | C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Rice_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx |
Data Source: Philippine Statistics Authority update as of May 30, 2024.
ISP for Rice
The Rice ISP aims to contribute in the improvement of rice productivity initially in identified project sites for subsequent technology transfer with the following goals: 1) to increase rice production (mt/ha) in irrigated areas; 2) to prolong the shelf-life of brown rice; and, 3) to save irrigation water in rice production.
Strategic R&D
Strategic R&D is DOST-PCAARRD’s banner program comprising all R&D activities that are intended to generate outputs geared towards maximum economic and social benefits
Published On: March 17, 2022Ongoing projects under the Rice ISP include the development of low glycemic index rice through induced-mutation and marker-assisted selection by PhilRice - Batac. The project...
Published On: March 17, 2022The Carrageenan Plant Growth Promoter (PGP) is a plant food supplement extracted from red seaweeds and degraded through gamma irradiation that is well known to...
Technologies
Products, equipment, and protocols or process innovations developed to improve productivity, efficiency, quality, and profitability in the agriculture and aquatic industries, and to achieve sustainable utilization and management of natural resources
Published On: March 17, 2022Far Infra Red Drying System and Compact Ultra Impeller Rice Mill are in the upscaled testing stage to address the concern in drying and milling...
Published On: March 17, 2022The Rice Combine Harvester developed by PhilRice can be readily mounted and dismounted from the hand tractor unit. This maximizes the utilization of hand tractors...
Published On: December 2, 2021The development of Carrageenan Plant Growth Promoter (CPGP) is funded by PCAARRD. CPGP has been proven to increase rice yields by 15 to 30 percent...
Technology Transfer Initiatives
Technology Transfer initatives ensure that the outputs of R&D and innovations are transformed into viable and applicable technologies that help intended users.
Published On: April 27, 2022The STMF project was to upscale the component-wise STBF to a model farm approach through rice and rice-based approaches that aim to maximize the space,...
Published On: March 17, 2022To facilitate the filling of IP protection for the RHA technology and prosecution of the patent application for the RTA technology; - To evaluate the...
Published On: March 17, 2022The Central Mindanao University is one of the leading universities in the fields of agriculture, forestry and related fields. Research, being one of the four-fold...
Capacity Building
Capacity building efforts of DOST-PCAARRD seek to develop and enhance the R&D capabilities of researchers and academic or research institutions through graduate assistantships, non-degree trainings & development, and/or upgrading of research facilities.
Manpower Development
Trainings conducted for the 2018 dry season trial of Carrageenan PGP in Region III
Training in Region III for farmer cooperatives, farmer leaders, and agricultural extension workers about Carrageenan PGP for 2018 wet season
Technical briefing on Carrageenan technology in Region II
Policy Research & Advocacy
Analysis of policy concerns and advocacy of science-informed policies ensures that the AANR policy environment is conducive for S&T development and investments.
A Resilient Rice Supply Chain: Invest in biofortification technologies and designer food
There are three crucial principles in designing and developing a resilient supply chain. First, value creation, efficiency, and inclusivity objectives should drive the development. Second, the capacity to adapt and recover largely depends on the coordination among key actors and access to innovations. Third, sustainable and diversified consumption can improve resiliency through presenting other opportunities that can be explored by producers.
It is essential to make food available, affordable and nutritious, especially as the Philippines has pre-existing conditions of malnutrition and acute hunger. Biofortification technologies, from genetic engineering to tissue cultures to molecular breeding, and development of designer food is a way to address this problem. Designer food is enriched with nutrients other than its traditional value. An example is the golden rice which is infused with beta-carotene.
Reference(s):
Aranas, M., Castillo, M. and Predo, C. (2021). Rebuilding the Farm-to-fork Model: A Resilient Agricultural Food Supply Chain. Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines: Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources – (Policy Brief)
Market Advisory
Market-related advisory services produced through continuous market scanning to identify customer needs, anticipate competition, and track technological shifts, offering insights on market outlets, emerging demand, and innovations.
Published On: May 28, 2025
The Philippine government is observing falling farmgate, wholesale, and retail rice prices alongside stable production levels in early 2025. This advisory examines national and local...
Published On: March 4, 2025
Amid soaring imported rice prices, the Philippine government declared a Food Security Emergency, enforcing price controls, releasing NFA stocks, supporting local farmers, enhancing logistics, and...
Published On: November 15, 2024
Explore the latest trends in the Philippine rice market, where high retail prices persist despite rising imports. Government interventions aim to stabilize prices, addressing production...
