{"id":8587,"date":"2023-10-01T11:28:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T11:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/?p=8587"},"modified":"2023-10-01T11:29:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T11:29:05","slug":"p13-4-b-cash-aid-coming-for-2-5m-rice-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/p13-4-b-cash-aid-coming-for-2-5m-rice-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"P13.4-B cash aid coming for 2.5M rice farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3.png 1276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1498835\">PRECIOUS GRAINS Farmer Irene Soriben uses a \u201csaki\u201d (rice shovel) to collect sundried palay (unhusked rice) at a rice drying facility in the village of Kita-Kita in Balungao, Pangasinan. The government\u00a0says food producers, like rice and vegetable farmers, and workers in the agriculture industry, will be key in the country\u2019s economic recovery after the pandemic. \u2014RICHARD BALONGLONG<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ferdinand \u201cBongbong\u201d Marcos Jr. has approved the release of a total of P13.4 billion in financial assistance to rice farmers to help sustain their productivity amid the El Ni\u00f1o phenomenon and other challenges faced by the agriculture sector, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, Presidential Communications Secretary Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil said the President had ordered the release of P12.7 billion for the administration\u2019s Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) program, and P700 million under the Household Crop Diversification Program (HCDP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From excess collection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the RFFA, the government has identified about 2.3 million beneficiaries, mainly rice farmers listed in the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) as of June 30 this year. Each beneficiary will receive P5,000 in financial assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Garafil, the funds for this aid package was sourced from the \u201cexcess tariff collection\u201d from rice importations in 2022, amounting to P12.7 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[This would] help them cope with the increasing cost of production and sustain their productivity even in the face of challenges like the coming El Ni\u00f1o [phenomenon],\u201d the Palace media office quoted the President as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RFFA is an unconditional financial assistance program for farmers cultivating less than 2 hectares of land, Garafil said. It was instituted through Republic Act No. 11598, or the Cash Assistance to Filipino Farmers Act of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The beneficiaries include members of farming cooperatives and other organizations formed by irrigators, agrarian reform beneficiaries, and those who work for small water impounding systems, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Palayamanan Plus\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcos also ordered the release of P700 million in excess tariff collections for the \u201cPalayamanan Plus,\u201d a conditional cash transfer scheme under the HCDP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It aims to ensure that RSBSA-registered farmers, who are also enrolled in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, would \u201cenjoy food, nutrition and income security,\u201d Garafil said.About 78,000 Palayamanan Plus beneficiaries are expected to receive P10,000 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, the President rejected proposals to temporarily reduce tariffs on rice imports to temper surging retail prices of the staple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRECIOUS GRAINS Farmer Irene Soriben uses a \u201csaki\u201d (rice shovel) to collect sundried palay (unhusked rice) at a rice drying facility in the village of Kita-Kita in Balungao, Pangasinan. 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