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[Title] => ‘Free-for-all’ rice importation needs Congress OK — exec
[Summary] => The government’s plan to adopt a "free-for-all" policy in rice importation that will allow the private sector such as farmers and traders to bring in rice at unlimited volumes needs Congressional approval, a top official of the National Food Authority (NFA) said.
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[Title] => NFA revises rice import program for farmers
[Summary] => Bowing to pressure from farmers organizations (FOs), the National Food Authority (NFA) is revising its Farmers as Importers program (FAI).
NFA Administrator Arthur Yap said the state-run agency has agreed to accommodate the requests of FOs to encourage a more "equitable participation" in the FAI.
For one, the NFA will limit the import ceiling for each farmer group at 500 metric tons (MT) per quarter or lower, depending on the number of applicants for the program, but each party can bring in only up to a maximum of 1,000 MT per year.
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[Title] => NFA puts on hold all applications for rice import program
[Summary] => The National Food Authority (NFA) is temporarily suspending its rice importation program for farmers pending investigation of accredited but alleged fake farmers’ organizations (FOs).
NFA Deputy Administrator Gregorio Tan said the state-run agency has stopped processing all FO applications following complaints by several disgruntled FOs that some of those given licenses are either dormant groups or non-palay/rice farmer-based groups.
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[Title] => RP rejects ADB condition for release of $175-M loan
[Summary] => The government will not cave in to pressure from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to lift quantitative restrictions (QRs) on rice, one of the conditions for the release of the second and third tranches of the $175-million Grains Sector Development Program (GSDP) loan.
Instead, newly-appointed Agriculture Undersecretary Arsenio Balisacan said government will insist on keeping the QRs until 2010 and only then will it consider imposing tariffs on the country’s staple food.
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[Title] => RP to reject $175-M loan if ADB insists on NFA sale
[Summary] => The government said it will reject the second and third tranches of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) $175-million Grain Sector Development Program loan if the bank insists on privatizing the National Food Authority (NFA).
"We have submitted to the ADB our maximum positions but and if the bank is unwilling to abide by these, we have no choice but to forego the loan," said NFA Deputy Administrator Gregorio Tan.
Tan said NFA submitted its position to the ADB about four weeks ago and expects a response shortly.
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[Title] => NFA to get 52,000 MT rice under US PL 480
[Summary] => The National Food Authority expects to receive 52,000 metric tons of rice from the United States under the loan and grant provision of Public Law 480 (or the food aid program) of the US government.
With the signing of PL 480 loan and grant agreements slated for June 27 by the Department of Finance, the NFA said it is "more or less sure about getting this additional rice stock" from the United States.
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[Title] => NFA submits food security plan
[Summary] => The National Food Authority submitted yesterday to President Arroyo a food contingency plan that would ensure adequate supply of rice for the people during crises, particularly with the impending declaration of war against Afghanistan by the United States.
Taking off from the food security plan adopted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the Gulf War, the NFA food security plan provided for a buffer stock of 74 days of rice.
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[Summary] => Bowing to pressure from farmers organizations (FOs), the National Food Authority (NFA) is revising its Farmers as Importers program (FAI).
NFA Administrator Arthur Yap said the state-run agency has agreed to accommodate the requests of FOs to encourage a more "equitable participation" in the FAI.
For one, the NFA will limit the import ceiling for each farmer group at 500 metric tons (MT) per quarter or lower, depending on the number of applicants for the program, but each party can bring in only up to a maximum of 1,000 MT per year.
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[Title] => NFA puts on hold all applications for rice import program
[Summary] => The National Food Authority (NFA) is temporarily suspending its rice importation program for farmers pending investigation of accredited but alleged fake farmers’ organizations (FOs).
NFA Deputy Administrator Gregorio Tan said the state-run agency has stopped processing all FO applications following complaints by several disgruntled FOs that some of those given licenses are either dormant groups or non-palay/rice farmer-based groups.
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[Title] => RP rejects ADB condition for release of $175-M loan
[Summary] => The government will not cave in to pressure from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to lift quantitative restrictions (QRs) on rice, one of the conditions for the release of the second and third tranches of the $175-million Grains Sector Development Program (GSDP) loan.
Instead, newly-appointed Agriculture Undersecretary Arsenio Balisacan said government will insist on keeping the QRs until 2010 and only then will it consider imposing tariffs on the country’s staple food.
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[Title] => RP to reject $175-M loan if ADB insists on NFA sale
[Summary] => The government said it will reject the second and third tranches of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) $175-million Grain Sector Development Program loan if the bank insists on privatizing the National Food Authority (NFA).
"We have submitted to the ADB our maximum positions but and if the bank is unwilling to abide by these, we have no choice but to forego the loan," said NFA Deputy Administrator Gregorio Tan.
Tan said NFA submitted its position to the ADB about four weeks ago and expects a response shortly.
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[Summary] => The National Food Authority expects to receive 52,000 metric tons of rice from the United States under the loan and grant provision of Public Law 480 (or the food aid program) of the US government.
With the signing of PL 480 loan and grant agreements slated for June 27 by the Department of Finance, the NFA said it is "more or less sure about getting this additional rice stock" from the United States.
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[Title] => NFA submits food security plan
[Summary] => The National Food Authority submitted yesterday to President Arroyo a food contingency plan that would ensure adequate supply of rice for the people during crises, particularly with the impending declaration of war against Afghanistan by the United States.
Taking off from the food security plan adopted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the Gulf War, the NFA food security plan provided for a buffer stock of 74 days of rice.
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December 6, 2002 - 12:00am
