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Tag: National Food Authority

Demand management

"A lot of speculation swirled around the 300,000 ton “unauthorized and therefore illegal” sugar importation." Not really out of the box but quite interesting is...

BBM: Stop agri-smuggling

As DA reviews Rice Tariffication Law, studies reviving NFA importation President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the officials at the Department of Agriculture (DA) to...

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 on the financial performance...

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 2020 under the Rice...

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 Jr. called on the...

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 corn during off-season of...

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, representing 40.5 percent of...

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 especially in farming regions...

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 for a temporary ban...

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 only good for seven...

PhilHealth received P26.17B gov’t subsidy in June

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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 ago, I read in a business...

Pampanga secures more NFA rice for ECQ

City of San Fernando—As Luzon braces for the extended Enhanced Community Quarantine, the provincial government of Pampanga secured some P90 million worth of rice...

Salceda warns of rice price crisis as drought hits Asian nations

A congressman warned of a possible rice price crisis in the weeks to come as drought continues to pummel staple grains sources like Thailand...
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