CALAMBA CITY—The National Food Authority-Laguna Provincial Office has commenced its regular milling activity to augment the rice inventory for buffer stocking, and as a reserve to safeguard against unforeseen shortages or demands.
Among the Laguna rice mill contractors who were given notices to proceed were Irish Rice Mill in Biñan City, Villmill Rice Mill in Calauan and Bay, Aglahi Rice Mill in Sta. Cruz, and Victoria Rice Mill in Calauan.
The millers were given a schedule to issue and withdraw their lots and are expected to finish their tasks this month.
Provincial Standard and Quality Assurance Officer Malvarosa Bundalian also deployed milling supervisors to their respective mill assignments to check their operations.
The 114,600 bags of palay stocks transferred from NFA Mamburao and San Jose in Occidental Mindoro that are set for milling are expected to recover 74,490 bags of rice, in addition to the existing rice inventory of 59,895 for a total of 134,385 bags.
The buffer-stock scheme is in consonance with the agency’s mandate of food security and goal of rice sufficiency in the province of Laguna.
