The Philippines’ agriculture sector saw a recovery in 2025, ending the year with a production value of P1.771 trillion —its ...

Learn about the Philippines' dynamic GDP growth and economic transformation. Discover how strategic policies and investments are positioning it as a leading emerging market.

For five days last November, the city of Bacolod in the central Philippine province of Negros Occidental became a crossroads of food cultures from across Asia and the Pacific. The aroma of grilled ...

Customers shop for onions at a market in Manila on Jan. 19, 2023 Reporter The Philippines is temporarily halting its onion imports until May—and possibly even up until July—in a bid to control prices ...

MANILA, Philippines — Agriculture Assistant Secretary and lawyer Paz Benavidez II was elected as the first Filipino chairwoman of the United Nations (UN) Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and ...

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — Two papers published in the December 2025 issue (Volume 22, Issue No. 2) of the Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development (AJAD) sheds light on the challenges faced by agencies ...

THE University of Asia and the Pacific’s (UA&P) Center for Food and Agri Business, and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) will convene the Food ...

The Philippines seeks to preserve its rice genetic diversity INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — The government plans to deposit additional rice seed samples in “doomsday vaults” here and abroad ...