# Post-harvest support seen as key in taming inflation - BusinessWorld Online

> Philippine lawmaker Jose Maria Clemente Salceda said adequate post-harvest support would help ease food inflation, which rose to 3.4% in February from 2.8% in January, with food inflation accelerating to 4.8%. Post-harvest losses are estimated at up to 15% of volume, and an industry group says milling recovery rates of 60-65% could rise to 70-80%.

- Date: 2024-03-24 · published 2024-03-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Philippines · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/31272-post-harvest-support-seen-as-key-in-taming-inflation-businessworld-online
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Improving Philippine milling recovery and reducing losses could lower import needs, which would ease demand pressure on global rice markets.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2019-01-20 | [Inflation crisis helps bring sweeping reform to rice growing industry - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61169-inflation-crisis-helps-bring-sweeping-reform-to-rice-growing-industry.md) | +0.9% | -7.2% |
| RICE | 2020-02-03 | [Post RTL: Rice can be profitable - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54679-post-rtl-rice-can-be-profitable-businessworld-online.md) | +0.0% | -0.8% |
| RICE | 2020-10-22 | [Inspect rice imports for misdeclared quality, not just volume, Senate urges Customs – BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50694-inspect-rice-imports-for-misdeclared-quality-not-just-volume-senate-urges.md) | +2.3% | +2.1% |
| RICE | 2018-10-28 | [Traders will shoulder SRP adjustment, Piñol assures Zamboanga rice retailers - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62614-traders-will-shoulder-srp-adjustment-pinol-assures-zamboanga-rice-retailers.md) | -0.3% | +0.2% |
| RICE | 2019-10-25 | [The economics of the rice conversation: Between a rock and a hard place – Businessday NG](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56654-the-economics-of-the-rice-conversation-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place.md) | +0.0% | +4.4% |

## Sources

- bworldonline.com: https://bworldonline.com/agribusiness/2024/03/25/583739/post-harvest-support-seen-as-key-in-taming-inflation/

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