Agriculture Secretary William Dar kickstarted the launching and distribution of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund – Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA) and Fuel Discount Program for Corn Farmers and Fisherfolk in CALABARZON on May 17, 2022, at Los Baños, Laguna. The RCEF-RFFA provides P5,000 cash assistance to small rice farmers with land not exceeding two continue reading : RCEF-RFFA for the farmers kickstarted the launching and distribution
Agriculture Secretary William Dar underscored that the convergence of the four components of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) will be a key to the successful implementation of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL). During the RCEF Program Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting on April 1, 2022, Secretary Dar asked the rice mechanization, seed distribution, skills development, continue reading : RCEF convergence needed for RTL’s success
As the country expands its measures to ensure food security for all Filipinos, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has introduced the Rice Tarification Law or Republic Act No. 11203 which gave way for the creation of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF). “[Ito ay] naglalayong palakasin ang industriya ng pagpapalay sa pamamagitan ng pagtanggal ng continue reading : DA’s RCEF to boost agri productivity with more aid to farmers
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic hitting the country from early 2020, the Philippines logged record palay (unmilled rice) harvests in 2020 and 2021, or 19.29 MMT or 19.96 MMT, respectively. This enabled the country to maintain adequate rice stocks during the two most trying years of the pandemic, and ensure the country’s food security. The absence of rice nationwide from continue reading : RCEF propels modernization in rice farming
ROSARIO, LA UNION – Farmer-beneficiaries of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)-Seed Program are happy with the Binhi e-Padala system, a digitally-aided seed distribution mechanism established for faster and easier seed distribution. In this system, select farmers are informed through a text message about their schedule for receiving seeds, their claim codes, and details about continue reading : Rice farmers laud digital seed distribution system
Among the components funded by the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), it is mechanization that gets the biggest funding at P5 billion per year. This represented 50 percent of the total P10-billion of funding the RCEF gets every year from 2019 to 2024, based on Republic Act 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law. And with continue reading : Mechanization of rice farms in high gear
The role of the Department of Agriculture–Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) in leveling up the country’s rice subsector can never be discounted, as more and more rice farmers need high-yielding seeds to increase their harvests and lower production costs. And Republic Act 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law, PhilRice is tasked to develop, source and distribute high-yielding continue reading : DA-PhilRice steps up distribution of high-yielding seeds under RCEF
