Rice farmers will receive over P34 billion in support under the government’s rice competitiveness enhancement fund (RCEF) this year as tariff collections last year surged to a record high. Department ...

THE country’s rice tariff collection reached a record P34.23 billion in 2024, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA), citing data from the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Agriculture Assistant ...

MANILA -The country’s rice farms have seen little improvement in the use of machinery and equipment even if the government poured in billions of pesos for farm mechanization in previous years.

Tariffs provide RCEF P10 billion worth of funding a year for six years to support farm mechanization (50%), seed development (30%), training (10%), and credit assistance (10%). “Based on studies, the ...

KARACHI: UBL and FECTO BELARUS have joined hands to promote farm mechanization and facilitate farmers in obtaining hassle free loans under Prime Minister Kamyab Jawan-Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme ...

Increasing the capacity of machines was key to increasing agriculture output, said Dr Rajaiah, incharge of mechanization at ... Drone technology, sensor based farm equipment, automated tractors ...