ILOILO CITY: It is only a matter of time before Iloilo province will wrest the title from Nueva Ecija province as the country’s No. 1 rice producer. President Benigno Aquino 3rd said that the country ...

The Jalaur River Basin is the second largest river basin in Panay Island, which provides irrigation to Iloilo that has been dubbed the food basket and rice granary of Western Visayas, according to ...

ILOILO CITY, Philippines – Iloilo is known as an agricultural province and dubbed as the “rice granary of the Visayas” for being the top producer of rice in Western Visayas. The province’s ...

Rice farmers in Iloilo—the rice granary of the Visayas—expanded their average output to 10.71 metric tons (MT) per hectare using the the SL-8H seeds from SL Agritech Corp. (SLAC).

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is allocating an additional P82.5 million to further boost rice production in Iloilo, the country’s fifth biggest rice producer ...

Iloilo opened to the world of trade and was the biggest port in the country in 1855. Today, Iloilo takes pride in being the food basket and rice granary of the region with its fertile land and ...

ILOILO CITY — The Iloilo City government is rallying behind the plan of the Department of Agriculture (DA) plan to sell rice at P20 per kilo. “We never had funds for that because this is a ...

President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said the largest water reservoir project in Iloilo province could help boost rice production in Region VI by 160,000 metric tons. Marcos ...

In the wake of Iloilo’s recent resurgence ... It used to be the Textile Capital of the Philippines and is the Rice Granary of the Visayas. Its seaport was integrated in the international ...

Negros Occidental historically is the sugar capital of the country and produces 70 percent of the sugar crop. Iloilo is the rice granary of the Visayas. Up to this time, Ilonggos haven’t reconciled ...

“Eighteen years ago, a cup of rice was only P5, and jeepney fares were P5. That’s how long the fair market values (FMV) were left untouched,” he shared, stressing that Iloilo City’s ...