Regional differences in total production of unmilled rice in the Philippines from 2013 to 2023, based on PSA data. (IMAGE)
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In the ten years leading up to 2023, total production of palay (unmilled rice) grew just 9 percent, from 18.4 to 20.1 million metric tons, even as rice consumption and the population itself continued to rise. Rice farmland barely expanded, increasing by just 1 percent (from 4.7 to 4.8 million hectares), while average yields improved by only 7 percent, from 3.9 to 4.2 metric tons per hectare.
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Bartelet et al, 2025
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