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At the third meeting of the ‘Murang Pagkain’ Super Committee, the Department of Agriculture (DA) proposed the restoration of the National Food Authority’s (NFA) power to buy and sell rice at lower prices. DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. emphasized the need for restoring the NFA’s power to directly intervene in the rice market by […]
Senator Nancy Binay urged the National Food Authority to start working with local government units (LGUs) to map out vulnerable areas affected by El Nino and the influx of imported rice. According to Binay, a vulnerability map can help the NFA prioritize areas where they should focus their buying efforts. “By targeting regions with a […]
A “win-win” for consumers and farmers. This was how House Committee on Agriculture and Food Chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose Panganiban Jr. characterized the recent passage of the Rice Tariffication Bill, which aims to lift the quantitative restriction on rice imports and removes the National Food Authority’s (NFA) monopoly on the importation of the staple […]
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles challenged the present leadership of the National Food Authority (NFA) to act on rising rice prices and the shortage of NFA rice in the market after inspecting the supplies of the grain staple and speaking to rice retailers in Cagayan de Oro. “The NFA administrator is […]