Despite repeated assurances that the country had enough rice, the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday recommended the importation of
500,000 metric tons of the grain from November 2023 to January 2024 to ensure an adequate supply during the El Niño season.
In yet another sign that supply would be a problem, Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual advised Filipinos to look for alternatives to rice amid the increase in its prices. Sombilla also recommended the private sector import 300,000 MT by the end of August, and another 300,000 MT by the first to the second week of September as the harvest season will begin in October.
Pascual recalled that the University of the Philippines, where he served as president, had experiments on a rice-corn mix to promote the idea of using alternatives for rice.
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