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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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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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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Food worries
"Food security is national security." The nation and our government are in deep crisis. All because of the spread of ...
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Raise buying price for palay, NFA told
A militant legislator on Saturday urged the National Food Authority to raise its buying price for palay to P20 per ...
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Worrying about food
"We must act now, and plan farther ahead." Reports about the number of provinces affected by El Niño this ...
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NFA retains buffer, vending functions
The National Food Authority Council approved Tuesday the amended implementing rules and regulations on rice importation that include suggestions and ...
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DA readying measures to cushion influx of rice imports
The Department of Agriculture and its attached agencies are drafting several measures to help cushion the adverse effect of cheap ...
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