Agriculture

The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) has stepped up the government’s farm modernization efforts, delivering over 1,700 farm machines across the country in the first half of 2026 to boost the productivity, resilience and profitability of local rice farming.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) confirmed that the National Food Authority (NFA) is expanding its palay procurement efforts to boost the country’s rice buffer stocks.

State-run Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) is ramping up the construction of mega food hubs and regional food terminals across the country, a major logistics push aimed at getting more food from farms to markets faster, cutting waste and bringing down prices for consumers.

The Philippine Coconut Authority is moving quickly to secure extra funds to keep its goal of planting 100 million coconuts by 2028 on track. This forms the core of the Accelerated Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan, the government’s main strategy to rebuild one of the country’s most important agricultural sectors and boost earnings for millions of coconut farming households.

Since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assumed office in June 2022, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has implemented wide-ranging reforms that have stabilized sugar supply, tempered price fluctuations, and strengthened support for thousands of sugarcane farmers even amid weather disruptions and shifting global market conditions. The agency’s approach combines stricter market oversight, carefully calibrated import volumes, and investments in farm modernization to ensure adequate supplies for consumers while shielding producers from steep drops in farmgate prices.