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BY RANIE AZUE
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February 8, 2018
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BACOLOD City – Rice producers in Negros Occidental are now supplying high-grade rice varieties to high-end restaurants in Metro Manila, according to Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr.
This means that the province has enough rice stocks, contrary to reports of rice shortage resulting to price hike, Marañon said.
Despite having admitted that Negros Occidental is still getting rice supply from the nearby Iloilo province, the governor stressed that rice production in the province is on the rise.
Some farmers have been supplying rice to Japanese restaurants for quite some time now, added Marañon.
Marañon also said some sugarcane farmers in the province have shifted to rice production due to the unstable sugar price.
From 4.5 tons of rice production per hectare, the province is now producing an average of 7 tons of rice per hectate, Marañon stressed.
Marañon encouraged rice farmers in the province to resort to organic farming since its yield can be sold with a higher price nationally and internationally./PN
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