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COA flags NFA on rice deficits

The Commission on Audit (COA) has questioned the National Food Authority (NFA) for alleged failure to meet the optimum level of national rice buffer...

Risa favors NFA plan to stock up on rice

Senator Risa Hontiveros says the country’s economic managers should justify the increase in rice inventory of the National Food Authority (NFA). Hontiveros expressed belief however...

Marcos: PH may import rice to boost calamity stocks

By Vito Barcelo and Vince Lopez President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the government is looking at the option of importing rice to...

NFA shelves plan to import 330,000 tons of rice

The National Food Authority has shelved plans to import about 330,000 metric tons of rice meant for buffer stocking during the lean months, which...

Bothered and bewildered

"This writer had hoped that with the President, mismo, taking the helm of the bewildered department that bothers us most these days, things would...

NFA plans huge rice import

330,000 MT meant to boost PH buffer stock, but farmers oppose move The National Food Authority (NFA) proposes to import 330,000 metric tons (MT) of...

PBBM: Rice supply ‘good,’ DA, NFA working to prevent price increases

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday assured the public that the country has ample supply of rice, and his administration is doing its best...

DBM releases P1.18b in rice subsidy for government workers

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released to the National Food Authority (NFA) P1.18 billion for the grant of a one-time rice...

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...

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...

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...

Food worries

"Food security is national security."   The nation and our government are in deep crisis. All because of the spread of the coronavirus labelled by the WHO as...

Balance

"This is what we need to achieve."     It has been reported by even international grains agencies that the Philippines is well on its way to...
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