Under the new guidelines, only verified farmers, either registered in the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) or certified by their local government unit, can sell palay to the NFA.
“This is to ensure that only legitimate farmers are selling to the NFA and to address allegations that traders are benefitting from the system. These reforms open the NFA’s procurement to public scrutiny,” said NFA Administrator Larry Lacson.
NFA branches are now required to submit monthly reports listing the names of palay sellers and the quantities sold.
These reports will be posted on bulletin boards and, with the farmer’s consent, shared on official NFA Facebook pages in compliance with data privacy laws.
Additional measures include pre- and post-delivery checks, designated observation areas for farmers’ groups at warehouses, and logging of all deliveries with detailed information for auditing and transparency.
