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Senator Cynthia Villar said the amendment she is proposing in the 2020 budget of the National Food Authority (NFA) will mean a bigger budget for the program providing assistance to small farmers. Villar, chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Food and sponsor of the proposed budget of the Department of Agriculture, said a bigger […]
Senator Cynthia Villar has welcomed the approval on third reading of the joint resolution directing government agencies to purchase the rice needs of the 4.1 million beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from local farmers. With a unanimous vote of 21, senators voted to adopt Joint Resolution No. 8, which authorizes the use […]
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food chaired by Quezon 1st District Representative Wilfrido Enverga approved a House joint resolution which authorizes the use of the rice subsidy as provided under the 2019 General Appropriations Act (GAA) for the purchase of palay from farmers. The substitute resolution mandates concerned government agencies and Local Government Units (LGUs), […]
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food has approved a substitute joint resolution authorizing the use of rice subsidy for the purchase of palay from local farmers to protect them from the recent liberalization of rice importation. The still-unnumbered joint resolution is a consolidation of House Joint Resolution 16 and House Resolution 322, that urge […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar has assured that safeguards are in place, such as increasing tariff on imports, against over importation of rice as one of the measures to stabilize the supply and price of the commodity. This, as the Department of Agriculture (DA) has started the investigation on the excessive importation of rice particularly with the […]
Farmers who claim that their unhusked rice (palay) were being bought at P7 a kilo can proceed to the National Food Authority (NFA) which buys at a higher price, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said. “Kung sino man yung mga farmers na nagsasabi na P7 to P8 per kilo na ang presyo nila at malulugi na, sabihin lang yung pangalan at address. Dalawang linggo […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar has ordered the National Food Authority (NFA) to bring down rice prices to P27 per kilo by flooding Metro Manila markets with 3.6 million bags of the staple grain. Dar also directed the agency to increase palay support price to P19 from P17 per kilo. “The NFA Council (NFAC) met and […]
The chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Agriculture and Food has welcomed the move by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to allocate P200 million in loan funds for rice farmers who will sell their produce to the National Food Authority (NFA). “This is good news for our farmers. Mahalaga itong nagbubuhos tayo ng […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III on Friday said the impending signing into law of the rice tariffication measure is expected to “stabilize rice prices, boost food security, and cure a decades-long rice procurement system ridden with inefficiency and corruption.” Both houses of Congress ratified the measure last November 2018. It is set to be transmitted to […]
A “sigh of relief” for consumers. This was according to Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Winnie Castelo who is also the chair of the House Committee on Metro Manila Development regarding the recent passage of the Rice Tariffication Bill, which aims to lift the quantitative restriction on rice imports and removes the monopoly of the […]