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Download RS4DM - What drives rice production growth in PH?

Producing enough rice to feed the growing Filipino population remains a daunting challenge. Population increased rapidly from 92 million in 2010 to 109 million in 2022, confounded by rising per capita net rice disposable consumption, from 114 kg/year to 136 kg/year during the same decade. Although milled rice production grew substantially, from 10.3 million metric tons (Mt) to 12.9 million Mt, it was not enough to cater to the increasing demand. Moreover, increasing production has been slowed down by several challenges, such as climate change, biotic factors, biodiversity loss, small farm sizes, aging farmers, slow diffusion and adoption of technologies, slow progress in farm modernization, and weak value chain development. Nonetheless, being our staple food, the struggle to seek alternative strategies to augment rice production continues to be our top priority…