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COA: NFA failure to meet 2018 buffer stock targets brought supply, price problems nationwide

August 9, 2019 admin buffer stock, Commission On Audit, Latest News Stories, Nation, national capital region, National Food Authority, NFA, Philippine news updates

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 13:24:43 +0000

MANILA, Philippines—Low stocks of rice at many National Food Authority (NFA) warehouses in 2018 made towns vulnerable to supply shortage and high commercial rice prices aside from putting at risk the capability of provinces or regions to respond to calamities. The Commission on Audit (COA), in a report released on Friday (Aug. 8), said the […]

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Duterte names new NFA administrator

June 18, 2019 admin Jason Aquino, judy carol dansal, Latest News Stories, local news, Nation, National Food Authority, national news, news, NFA, Philippine news updates, Rodrigo Duterte

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 09:17:45 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a National Food Authority (NFA) insider as its new administrator – Judy Carol Dansal.

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Despite rice importation law, NFA will still sell affordable rice–Piñol

February 21, 2019 admin cheap rice, duterte, Headlines, importation law, Latest News Stories, law, local news updates, Nation, NFA, Pinol, rice, tariff, villar

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:09:04 +0000

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has assured the public that the National Food Authority (NFA) will still sell subsidized rice despite the passage of the Rice Import Liberalization Act.

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NFA employees fear job loss under rice import law

February 18, 2019 admin Headlines, Latest News Stories, maxie mallabi torda, Nation, NFA, nfa employees association, rice tariffication

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 23:21:57 +0000

Employees of the National Food Authority (NFA) wore black on Monday to protest the rice import liberalization or tariffication law as they feared losing their jobs when it limits the agency’s function to procuring palay and clips its regulatory powers.

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Palay prices fall to P14 per kg, but farmers given hope

January 13, 2019 admin dianne silva, Headlines, Latest News Stories, National Food Authority, NFA, palay prices, Regions, rice farmers, rice prices

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 21:16:02 +0000

KORONADAL CITY — Farmers in South Cotabato were bracing for losses as prices of palay plunged to P14 per kilogram just as the National Food Authority (NFA) dangled a new program, which promised to make farmers earn more for their harvests.

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Villar counters Piñol: NFA can still sell cheap rice

December 21, 2018 admin Cynthia Villar, Latest News Stories, Manny Pinol, Nation, National Food Authority, NFA, rice prices, rice tariffication bill

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:03:59 +0000

Sen. Cynthia Villar denies the claim of Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol that NFA will not be able to sell cheap rice with tariffication.

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Villar counters Piñol: NFA can still sell cheap rice

December 21, 2018 admin Cynthia Villar, Latest News Stories, Manny Pinol, Nation, National Food Authority, NFA, rice prices, rice tariffication bill

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:03:59 +0000

Sen. Cynthia Villar denies the claim of Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol that NFA will not be able to sell cheap rice with tariffication.

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‘NFA can keep 60-day buffer stock only through rice importation’

September 4, 2018 admin Cynthia Villar, FOOD, Headlines, Latest News Stories, local news, meet inquirer multimedia forum, Nation, national news, news, NFA, Philippine news updates, rice, stock, Supply

President Duterte’s directive to the National Food Authority (NFA) to maintain a 60-day buffer stock could be done only through importation, according to Senator Cynthia Villar.

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Bohol folk say no to ‘bukbok’ rice

September 3, 2018 admin bukbok, FOOD, Headlines, heat caravan, Latest News Stories, local news, news, NFA, Philippine news updates, Regional News, Regions, rice, weevil

LOON, BOHOL—Some residents here returned the rice packs they received from the provincial government after they discovered that these were infested with “bukbok” (weevil).

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Farmers to gov’t: Help us, we’ll give rice

September 3, 2018 admin House of Representatives, Latest News Stories, Nation, National Food Authority, NFA, Philippine news updates, rice, rice shortage

A representative of the farming sector told the House Committee on Appropriations on Monday that they “can” and “want” to sell their products to the National Food Authority (NFA) at a lower price than what rice traders offer.

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