A Filipino family consumed 8.9 kg of ordinary rice a week in 2006 (Results from the 2006 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES)
According to the 2006 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), ordinary rice was consumed by approximately 15 million families at an average of 463 kg per family per year or 8.9 kg a week (Table 1). Classified as ordinary rice are regular…