Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 21:25:40 +0000
The National Food Authority (NFA) spent P7 billion in government subsidy to pay for maturing loans instead of implementing the agency’s Food Security Program (FSP), which was its intended purpose.
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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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 07:09:30 +0000
THE National Food Authority (NFA) has assured the public that its P27 per kilo rice would still be available in the markets even with the amended Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) under…READ
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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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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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Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Manny Piñol on Monday echoed President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that there is no shortage of rice and food in the Philippines.
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Senator Richard Gordon said the National Food Authority (NFA) has many failures, following the declaration of a state of calamity in Zamboanga City due to a rice crisis.
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