Angara tells NFA to step up palay procurement 10/02/2010

Angara tells NFA to step up palay procurement

10/02/2010
As rice farmers harvest their third quarter produce, food security advocates today urged the National Food Authority (NFA) to step up its palay procurement by positioning its buying stations strategically near farm areas and not the usual where there are only one or two buying stations at the provincial centers.

The Task Force Food Sovereignty (TFFS) issued this statement amid talks on the looming budget cut in rice subsidy.

Arze Glipo, TFFS lead convenor, said that the proposed 2011 budget cut is an insult to farmers who are already struggling against high input cost and cheap procurement price..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101002nat6.html