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DA to expand P20 rice program to 3.2 million people by February 2026

The Department of Agriculture expects to reach about 3.2 million Filipinos, or roughly 780,000 households, as it extends its P20-per-kilogram rice program from January...

NFA earns ‘excellent’ rating in 2025 governance scorecard

State-run National Food Authority (NFA) was awarded an "excellent" rating in the 2025 Corporate Governance Scorecard (CGS) by the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or...

NFA targets P1.43b as 2nd rice auction pushes through

The National Food Authority (NFA) is set to raise more than P1.43 billion from a public auction on December 5 of approximately 1.2 million...

Farmers group asks government to restore 35% rice import tariff

The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) has renewed its call for the government to restore the 35-percent tariff on rice imports to help address...

DA seeks NFA grain-buying role under new law

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pressing Congress to restore and broaden the National Food Authority’s (NFA) grain-buying powers, positioning the agency as a...

DA warns of rice industry’s collapse under Rice Tariffication Law

Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has warned that the country’s rice farming sector faces collapse unless the Rice Tariffication Law...

NFA’s rice ruse risks a nation’s hunger

“The nation deserves a rice system that feeds its people, not its dysfunction” NUEVA Ecija’s scorching fields, Mang Lito, a grizzled rice farmer, tears his...

Gov’t expands P20 rice in Visayas

The Department of Agriculture (DA) yesterday led the National Food Authority’s (NFA) send-off of 35,000 bags of rice bound for Central Visayas, the second...

Newly rehabilitated Bulacan warehouse to support P20 rice

The National Food Authority (NFA) opened the newly rehabilitated warehouse in Bulacan on Monday to support the agency’s palay procurement, raise farmer incomes, and...

NFA to traders: Don’t shortchange farmers

The National Food Authority (NFA) has called on traders not to shortchange farmers by buying palay or unmilled rice at lower prices, as the...

NFA eyes P27 billion budget for rice procurement in 2026

NATIONAL Food Authority administrator Larry Lacson said they are proposing a P27-billion budget for 2026 to fully fund their rice buffer stock for 15...

DA to extend P20/k rice program to 2028

Following a directive from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the Department of Agriculture will continue offering its P20 per kilogram rice through 2028, DA Secretary...

QUALITY RICE.

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (fourth from left) meets with regional managers and key officials of the National Food Authority(NFA) to ensure the...

Boodle fight

Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, together with DA officials, participate in a traditional boodle fight to sample the National Food Authority’s...
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