With the El Niño phenomenon expected to continue until the latter half of the year, the country may again have to import rice to replenish before the start of the lean season in June.

In its latest inventory report, the Philippine Statistics Authority-Bureau of Agricultural Statistics said the country’s rice stocks can last for two and a half months.

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