Farmers group refutes NFA’s rice tariff claims
The Federation of Free Farmers downplayed the Department of Finance’s statement on the beneficial effects of the Rice Tariffication Law ...
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Rice Tariffication Law enabled NFA to cut losses by 38% to P9.6b in 2021
The National Food Authority reduced its net loss by 38 percent to P9.6 billion in 2021 from P15.44 billion in ...
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Marcos: Stabilize rice prices, protect local farmers
In an effort to alleviate the plight of local farmers over low farmgate prices of palay, former Sen. Ferdinand Marcos ...
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DA eyes limit on corn importation to help local farmers
Agriculture Secretary William Dar has given assurances the Department has begun working on a strategy to only allow the importation of ...
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NFA buys 2 million bags of palay from farmers
The National Food Authority said Friday it bought 2 million bags of palay, or paddy rice, from farmers in September, ...
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DA braces for La Niña
Magalang, Pampanga—Agriculture officials have mapped out strategies ahead of La Nina to mitigate devastating effects to farmers and agricultural crops ...
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Industry groups ask DA to ban all poultry imports
Several industry groups backed the Department of Agriculture’s decision to prohibit the entry of chicken imports from Brazil and called ...
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Low NFA rice buffer stock hit
Advocacy groups have raised the alarm over a recent National Food Authority’s statement that the country’s rice buffer stock is ...
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PhilHealth received P26.17B gov’t subsidy in June
State insurer Philippine Health Insurance Corp., which is currently hounded by allegations of corruption, received the second-largest subsidy from the ...
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Let’s sharpen our pencils
"The idea of a rice supply and price crisis in our poor country is quite worrisome." About a month ...
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