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                    [Title] => NFA to boost procurement activities
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The National Food Authority (NFA) yesterday announced that it would intensify palay (unhusked rice) procurement this year as the farmgate prices of unmilled rice have begun falling to P14 to P16 per kilogram in several areas.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/agriculture/20141026/NFA-2.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1417777 [Title] => NFA mulls more incentives for rice farmers [Summary] =>

State-run National Food Authority (NFA) is reviewing the incentives that could be provided to farmers to sell their palay (unmilled rice) to the agency, NFA administrator Renan Dalisay said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/agriculture/20141026/NFA-2.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1347924 [Title] => NFA may import 400,000 MT of rice this year [Summary] =>

The National Food Authority (NFA) is considering to import an additional 400,000 metric tons (MT) of rice this year to stabilize supply and prices after the onslaught of Super Typhoon Yolanda, officials said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1346209 [Title] => Review of NFA support price set [Summary] =>

The government wants to slowly wean rice farmers away from the price support provided by the National Food Authority (NFA), but no drastic changes to the subsidies provided by the state-run food agency would be immediately implemented, said Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization Francis Pangilinan yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20140715/nfa-BUS1.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 936786 [Title] => NFA buys rice from Vietnam [Summary] =>

The National Food Authority (NFA) announced yesterday that it has awarded the supply of 187,000 metric tons (MT) of rice buffer stock requirement to Vietnam’s Southern Food Corporation under a government to government tender.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 904138 [Title] => NFA allots P10.9B for 2013 palay procurement [Summary] =>

The National Food Authority (NFA) is allotting P10.9 billion to procure 615,985 metric tons (MT) of palay from farmers this year.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 248337 [Title] => NFA to tap CDIF for fertilizer program [Summary] => The National Food Authority (NFA) will tap the P95-million Cooperative Development Incentive Fund (CDIF) to buy and distribute fertilizers in bulk and resell them to farmers’ groups.

Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr., concurrent chairman of NFA, approved the proposal of NFA Administrator Arthur T. Yap who is concurrent DA Undersecretary for Luzon operations.

Lorenzo said tapping the CDIF for farm input procurement should help thousands of farmers cope with high price of fertilizers.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 232181 [Title] => NFA sustains aggressive palay procurement [Summary] => The National Food Authority is taking advantage of sufficient budgetary support and the good weather to maximize its palay buying operations. Thus far, the agency has procured some 3.42 million bags of palay during the past two and a half months.

NFA Administrator Arthur C. Yap said they have been able to buy more than 50 percent of the five million bags targeted until the main harvest ends.

Procurement for the main harvest runs from October to December but at times spills over until the middle of January to accommodate late harvests.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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