Gov’t distributes 14.8-M bags of subsidized rice
The Arroyo administration has distributed 14.8 million bags of state-subsidized rice this year as part of government efforts to help low-income consumers cope with the unprecedented global food price shocks, Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said.
In a recent agribusiness forum hosted by the University of Asia and the Pacific (UAP),
Yap said the DA has also established 108 Barangay Bagsakan or drop-off points — 36 in Metro Manila and 72 elsewhere in the country — plus 30 Bagsakan Centers that provide affordable basic food items to more than 504,350 households.
To date, the NFA’s total contracted imports stand at 2.3 million tons, of which 1.4 million tons have already arrived. The balance of 900,000 tons will be delivered on or before Sept. 30,
From January to June 2008, the government spent P8.6 billion to bring P18.25-a-kilo rice to the poor through the Tindahan Natin outlets nationwide.
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