Jordeene B. Lagare
Reporter at Philippine Daily Inquirer
Covers agriculture-mining beat for the Philippine Daily Inquirer 📧 [email protected]
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1 week ago |
newsinfo.inquirer.net | Jordeene B. Lagare |Melvin Gascon
MANILA, Philippines — The National Food Authority (NFA) on Tuesday appealed to the consuming public to urge their local government units (LGUs) to buy the rice stocks offered by the agency at a “cheaper” price of P29 to P33 a kilo. At a press briefing in Malacañang, NFA Administrator Larry Lacson said citizens can press their LGUs to buy the agency’s rice to help it decongest its warehouses and make room for fresh rice stocks from the upcoming harvest season.
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1 week ago |
plus.inquirer.net | Melvin Gascon |Jordeene B. Lagare
The National Food Authority (NFA) on Tuesday appealed to the consuming public to urge their local government units (LGUs) to buy the rice stocks offered by the agency at a “cheaper” price of P29 to P33 a kilo. At a press briefing in Malacañang, NFA Administrator Larry Lacson said citizens can press their LGUs to buy the agency’s rice to help it decongest its warehouses and make room for fresh rice stocks from the upcoming harvest season.
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1 week ago |
plus.inquirer.net | Jordeene B. Lagare
The volume of Philippine-bound rice shipments is approaching the 1-million-metric-ton mark, although importation has slowed down due to high stock carryover and the anticipated improved harvests. Data from the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) show that the country imported 900,879.99 MT of rice as of April 3. This means a 24.1-percent drop from the 1.19 million MT recorded between January and March last year. As in previous years, Vietnam took the biggest share with 82.2 percent of total shipments.
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plus.inquirer.net | Jordeene B. Lagare
A group of importers warned of a decline in overseas meat purchases if the government will dilly-dally on the new quota for shipments. With local industries continuing to grapple with African swine fever and high input costs, supplies available to consumers may take a hit with fewer imports. “The DA (Department of Agriculture) has been delaying the release of the new quota.
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1 week ago |
newsinfo.inquirer.net | Jordeene B. Lagare
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has more than doubled the rice allocation under the food security emergency, allowing more consumers to purchase cheaper rice. In Department Circular No. 07, the DA increased the number of bags of rice by over 116 percent to 1.35 million from the initial 625,600 when the DA made the emergency declaration in February.
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