Despite the dry spell that hit several major rice producing provinces, the country’s palay (unmilled rice) production is still expected to increase slightly in the first half of the year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday.

DA Assistant Secretary Dante Delima, who is also the National Rice Program coordinator, said that palay harvest may increase by 2 percent in January to June 2013, from 7.892 million metric tons a year ago.

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