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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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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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NFA revises rice import program for farmers

By Rocel Felix | February 22, 2003 - 12:00am

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...

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