The National Food Authority (NFA) should use its allocation to procure unmilled rice from farmers to boost its buffer stock, according to a nongovernment organization. The Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag) said NFA’s pronouncement that its buffer stock is good for only 1.56 days was “irresponsible” and caused panic among…
The National Food Authority should use its allocation to procure unmilled rice from farmers to boost its buffer stock, according to a nongovernment organization.
“Instead of issuing such rash statement, the NFA should have used the P8.5-billion budget provided by your administration to buy palay from our rice farmers,” Sinag Chairman Rosendo So said in his letter to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.The group noted that the agency has a budget of P8.5 billion to buy palay from farmers. With the amount, the NFA would have been able to purchase 447,368.42 metric tons of palay at an average farmgate price of P19 per kilo.
It also criticized the visit of the NFA chief to India to secure rice imports that will prop up domestic supply.
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