DA targets 60-M MT rice production in next 3 years

In line with the government’s rice self-sufficiency program, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is now pushing for the expansion of harvested areas nationwide to achieve a total of 60 million metric tons of palay production over the next three years.

Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Field Operations Edilberto de Luna said that they are aiming to produce more than 59.678 million MT of palay from 2014 to 2016 under the DA’s Food Staples Self-Sufficiency Program.