Toward a Rice-Secure Philippines: Identifying Key Priority Government Interventions in 2017-2022 (Proceedings of a Policy Seminar-Workshop)

These proceedings document the presentations, discussions, and pieces of advice that transpired during the seminar-workshop titled Toward a Rice-Secure Philippines: Identifying Key Priority Government Interventions for 2017-2022 conducted by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) on September 30, 2016. The goal of the seminar-workshop was to consolidate ideas and recommendations from rice stakeholders on concerns that they perceived to be of utmost and immediate importance. Policymakers, researchers, extension agents, and representatives from the private sector and the academic community converged in the event and consensually identified key interventions that DA could prioritize to pursue growth in the rice industry.