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Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. said that the National Food Authority (NFA) will gradually adjust the buying price of palay to balance the financial gains of Filipino farmers with consumer demands for more affordable rice.
MANILA, Philippines — The National Food Authority is on track in the implementation of the P93-billion infrastructure modernization program, which aims to build modern post-harvest facilities in the next few years, according to NFA administrator Larry Lacson.
MANILA, Philippines — The suspension by the Office of the Ombudsman of 141 officials and personnel of the National Food Authority who were linked to the alleged anomalous sale of the government’s rice buffer stocks to favored private traders has been lifted, according to NFA Administrator Larry Lacson.
The Department of Agriculture, through the National Food Authority, is seeking the release of P9 billion this year for palay procurement.
DAVAO CITY—National Food Authority Administrator Larry Lacson led a three-day visit to Davao by the NFA Council to review the agency’s operations, inspect facilities and conduct a dialogue with farmers’ groups to provide council members an on-ground perspective and better understanding of farmers’ plights and concerns.
MANILA, Philippines — Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has defended the implementation of the P29 per kilo of rice after a farmers’ group questioned the program’s sustainability.
MANILA, Philippines — By selling rice at P29 per kilo in Kadiwa outlets, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is giving false hope to the poor, the farmers’ group Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) said yesterday.
SPEAKER Martin Romualdez yesterday assured the public that the price of rice is expected to go down in time for President Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation (SONA) on July 22 because of the Chief Executive’s issuance of an executive order reducing tariff rates on imported rice.