Wheat imports in Philippines is likely to get slashed by more than one-third in 2013 with local farmers expecting a better harvest of yellow corn than that of the previous years
Agriculture
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Maintaining the quality of stored coffee and cocoa
Use of visibly diseased pods may result in off flavours and taints and mycotoxin contamination in cured beans further down the chain. (Image source: Terry Mabbett)
Drying and storage conditions applied to coffee and cocoa commodity ‘chains’ are essential in maintaining the long term integrity of these crops
Philippines exports fancy rice to global markets
The total value of the rice exports by Philippines has been estimated to be US$100,000. (Image source: IRRI Images/Flickr)
The Philippines has exported 50,000kg of fancy rice to Hong Kong and Dubai in April, and preparing to export another 50,000kg to the US between July and August this year
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