Philippine Rice Research Institute(PhilRice)

June 15, 2023 Dear Jancel Mae Tagaan, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 06, 2023 03:56:30 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Number of Rice Farmers in the Philippines. Response to Request Unfortunately, we do not have data on semi-annual data on the population of rice farmers in our Socio-economics Division (SED). You may please contact or re-send your request to the Department of Agriculture or the Philippine Statistics Authority for your other data needs. You may also visit our information system at PalayStat System for your other rice-related data at palaystat.philrive.gov.ph. We hope this will help. Our SED staff sent you a response in your email. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Ms. Sophia T. Borja with email address: [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker PhilRice FOI Receiving Officer