Gov’t ramps up rice production, imports in El Niño year

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This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. Even after the El Niño, the Philippine government would have to continue efforts to develop the country’s rice industry to hit the target of self-sufficiency by 2028 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government continues to ramp up efforts in rice industry development amid an El Niño year and four years before its target to reach rice self-sufficiency by 2028. “Ang totoo po niyan, confident po akong magsasabi sa inyo na ‘yung production area ng NIA [National Irrigation Administration] ngayong El Niño ay tataas...