{"id":6752,"date":"2023-08-20T20:28:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T20:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/?p=6752"},"modified":"2023-08-20T20:35:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T20:35:46","slug":"farmers-group-calls-for-abolition-of-nfa-for-always-relying-on-rice-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/farmers-group-calls-for-abolition-of-nfa-for-always-relying-on-rice-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers\u2019 group calls for abolition of NFA for always relying on rice imports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-94.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-94.png 768w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-94-600x401.png 600w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-94-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this file photo taken on Nov. 18, 2019,&nbsp;workers unload sacks of rice from the Vietnam cargo ship in the port of Tabaco, Albay. The National Food Authority (NFA) imports 10,800 metric tons of rice from Vietnam due to shortage of supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2014 A large coalition of farm groups, Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG), has called for the abolition of the National Food Authority (NFA) for its reliance on rice imports over buying produce from local farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head of SINAG Rosendo So issued the statement on Sunday after reports of NFA\u2019s preference for imported rice from India and Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not buying from our farmers anymore. They\u2019re buying from Vietnam, India. They\u2019re negotiating on rice. What\u2019s this?\u201d So lamented as he worried that funds for procurement of local produce might be transferred to buying imported rice from India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey might use the money allocated to buy domestically produced palay to acquire imported rice again,\u201d he added, referring to the agency\u2019s P8.5 billion available funds for procuring rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So explained that NFA\u2019s move contrasts with the current administration\u2019s goal to boost the crop sector\u2019s rice production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the NFA will not help the country\u2019s grain and farming industry by buying domestically produced rice, then the agency should be abolished,\u201d So said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince they are running contrary to the President, the NFA is not helping by buying \u2018palay,\u2019 then we should just abolish the NFA,\u201d So reiterated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So also noted that the agency could buy rice at a lower rate in other regions nationwide, citing the Philippine Statistic Authority data showing average buying rates per kilogram of domestically produced palay was between P18.50 to P19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you are comparing price ranges, especially in Nueva Ecija, prices there are really high. But if you check on Mindoro and other areas, prices there are lower,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to So, NFA justified its decision by announcing it has only 46,000 metric tons of rice left in its inventory, suitable for just 1.3 days. However, the SINAG head said this is the agency\u2019s fault for not buying locally-produced rice to add to its stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will file cases against them before the Office of the Ombudsman just like what we did in 2018 when they used the budget for the procurement of play in the importation of rice,\u201d So noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SINAG chair was referring to a case it filed to former NFA administrator Jason Aquino and accounting services department manager Gerry Ambrocio for technical malversation and graft at the Ombudsman over the questionable use of P5.1 billion in NFA funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this file photo taken on Nov. 18, 2019,&nbsp;workers unload sacks of rice from the Vietnam cargo ship in the port of Tabaco, Albay. The National Food Authority (NFA) imports 10,800 metric tons of rice from Vietnam due to shortage of supply. 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