Tag: importation of rice

President Duterte approves NFA proposal to import 250,000 metric tons of rice

https://youtu.be/OTpTGHuMY9I QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte gave the green-light signal to the proposal of the National Food Authority (NFA) Council to import 250,000 metric tons of rice. According to Jonas Soriano, Deputy Executive Director of the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, the move is to increase the current NFA rice inventory or buffer stock. “Even with the sufficient supply of rice for the entire country to date, the NFA management is […]

NFA will import rice during 1st half of 2016

According to the National Food Authority, it will import 900 metric tons of rice in the first half of 2016 from Vietnam and Thailand. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/y65MIWFVTf4