ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Jan. 16 (PIA) – Farmers are urged to sell their palay produce to the government for the province’s buffer.
Capiz National Food Authority information officer Mary Christie Hari-on explained that the palay produce of farmers that are sold to the food agency here serve as a buffer stock for Capiceños.
For this year, NFA has prepared some P130-million to buy 144,000 bags of palay in Capiz for buffer stock.
Hari-on said that NFA buys clean and dry palay at P17.00 per kilogram with additional incentives to farmers or cooperatives.
“The additional incentives include drying incentive fee of 20 centavos per kilogram, delivery fee ranging from 20 to 50 centavos per kilogram depending on the distance from the farm to buying station, and cooperative development incentive fee (CDIF) of 30 centavos per kilogram,” she said.
Capiz NFA warehouses in Bolo, Roxas City, Dumalag and Sigma towns are ready to buy the farmer’s palay produce.
Last year, the food agency here was able to procure a total of 89,878 bags of palay which is 163-percent accomplishment based on the 55,000 bags of palay procurement target, Hari-on said. (JCM/JBG/PIA6-Capiz)
