Singapore could play a leading role in regional food security and help stabilize rice prices if it took up the opportunity to host a rice futures and a spot exchange, which includes the actual buying and selling of rice for immediate delivery. In the report Never an Empty Bowl: Sustaining Food Security in...
As part of IRRI’s 50th anniversary celebrations, three speakers from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and PhilRice concurred that the Philippines can be self-sufficient in rice. “The Philippines could become self-sufficient in rice now if farmers adopted existing technologies such as improved varieties, and know-how,” said the deputy director general...