The Department of Agriculture is updating its development framework for 2023 to 2025 as part of plans to attain rice self-sufficiency and raise output to make basic commodities more accessible and affordable to Filipinos. | jordeenelagare /PDI
The development program will identify specific areas for inbred and hybrid rice production and come up with strategies to develop newly irrigated areas to attain rice self-sufficiency by 2025.
The country’s palay production stood at 19.76 million metric tons last year, falling short of the 2021 record high of 19.96 million metric tons , based on data from the Philippine Statistics Authority.
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