date:Aug 06, 2013
Since May this year, the Philippines, through the Department of Agriculture, has exported 106.55 metric tons of premium rice.
Reports from DA 12 indicate that almost half of these exports of colored, long grain, and aromatic rice came from farmer groups in Soccsksargen Region or Region 12.
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala and Assistant Secretary and national rice program coordinator Dante Delima led the send off of 45 metric tons (MT) of premium rice to Singapore on July 22 at the Manila