The Philippines is 98-percent self-sufficient in rice as of last year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Thursday.
In a memorandum to Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, Assistant Secretary Dante Delima, also the National Rice Program coordinator, said that the country’s improved rice sufficiency ratio was based on a study considering interplay of rice production, per capita consumption and population.
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