DA Instructs NFA to Relocate Rice Stocks for PHP20/kilo Rice Initiative
April 27, 2025
Manila: Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has directed the National Food Authority (NFA) to begin moving rice stocks to the Visayas in preparation for the launch of the PHP20 per kilo rice program. ‘It will take several weeks to transfer tens even hundreds of thousands of 50-kilo bags rice from NFA warehouses, particularly from Mindoro, to various parts of the Visayas,’ Laurel, who also chairs the NFA Council, said in a news release Sunday. According to Philippines News Agency, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has already secured clearance from the Commission on Elections to implement the PHP20/kilo program, a
