NFA: So. Leyte has enough rice supply for the duration of ECQ

Jani Arnaiz 04/19/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte –- The National Food Authority (NFA) here has assured Southern Leytenos that they have ample supply of the staple food during the heightened community quarantine until the next delivery of rice from Ilo-ilo…

NFA offices, warehouses remain open during Holy Week

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/08/2020

CEBU CITY—The National Food Authority offices and warehouses nationwide will remain open throughout the Lenten Season. In a press release posted on its Facebook page, National Food Authority (NFA) administrator Judy Carol Dansal announced that the agency…

NFA-7 assures public there’s enough supply of rice

Futch Anthony Inso 03/18/2020

Cebu City, Philippines—The National Food Authority (NFA) assures the public that they have enough supply of NFA rice and that there’s no reason for them to go on panic-buying due to the threat of the Coronavirus Disease…

P15B eyed to prop up local rice prices

Melvin Gascon, Ronnel Domingo - Inquirer.net 09/20/2019

Fifty-four congressmen on Thursday filed a joint resolution seeking P15 billion more to allow the National Food Authority (NFA) to help farmers adversely affected by the rice tariffication law. Joint House Resolution No. 18 also seeks to…

DA to LGUs: Activate local price monitoring councils to avoid overpriced rice, local goods

Futch Anthony Inso 05/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) has appealed to local government units (LGUs) to activate their Local Price Coordinating Councils (LPCC) in order to monitor prices of local commodities especially rice.…

NFA restructuring under way

/INQ.net 05/20/2019

The restructuring of the country’s grains agency National Food Authority (NFA) has finally begun more than a month after the government released the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the rice import liberalization law. The Department of…

At least 1,000 NFA employees to lose jobs as rice tariffication begins

Inquirer.net 02/21/2019

The National Food Authority (NFA) is already preparing for the eventual downsizing of its functions and scope as a grains agency following the passage of the Rice Import Liberalization Act. Under the law, the NFA will be…

NFA-7 considers reducing NFA rice allocation to traders 

Futch Anthony Inso 01/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Food Authority (NFA)-7 might reduce their allocation of NFA-rice to rice traders starting this year. “More on buffer stocking nalang mi, hilabi na in time sa calamities. But ang market, it…

NFA to stop selling cheap rice

Inquirer.net 12/19/2018

Agriculture chief says gov’t ‘cannot afford subsidized rice anymore’ The National Food Authority (NFA) will stop the sale of its subsidized rice once all its approved imports are depleted next year, according to the agriculture chief. During…

Talk to traders first before enforcing SRP, NFA urged

Futch Anthony Inso 11/16/2018

NATIONAL Food Authority (NFA) is encouraged to conduct first a consultation before implementing the Suggested Retail Price (SRP) of rice products. “For me, the SRP should undergo consultation between traders and stakeholders because they (NFA) are not…

NFA sees P3-cut in price of rice

Futch Anthony Inso 10/24/2018

THE NATIONAL Food Authority (NFA-7) foresees a P3 cut in the price of commercial rice in the market by the end of October to December this year. “Nationwide, the trend is that there will be a decrease…

NFA rice to be sold in Cebu supermarkets soon if …

Zena V. Magto 10/11/2018

NFA rice will soon be sold in supermarkets in Cebu such as the Metro Retail stores and the Prince Warehouse Club outlets. This will happen if they will be accredited by the National Food Authority as distributors…

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