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Food Security Emergency on Rice

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  1. On Monday, 3 February 2025, rice retailers at Kamuning Market in Quezon City received a fresh delivery of P38 "Kadiwa ng Pangulo" rice for their stalls. The Department of Agriculture is set to declare a Food Security Emergency for Rice on Tuesday, which is expected to cut down government-held rice stocks and further bring down market prices.

    P35 per kilo rice to be available soon

    Affordable rice at P33 per kilo will soon be available as the National Food Authority (NFA) releases its stocks to local government units and other agencies…

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  2. On Tuesday, 4 February 2025, Department of Agriculture (DA) Assistant Secretaries Arnel De Mesa and Genevieve Guevarra, together with National Food Authority (NFA) Department Manager Roy Untiveros and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Assistant Secretary Agaton Uvero, addressed the media on the newly declared Food Security Emergency on Rice. Held at the DA-PCAF Conference Hall in Quezon City, they announced that under this measure, the NFA will sell its rice buffer stocks to local governments at P33 per kilo, enabling a resale price of P35 per kilo for consumers.

    DA, DTI address rice emergency

    On Tuesday, 4 February 2025, Department of Agriculture (DA) Assistant Secretaries Arnel De Mesa and Genevieve Guevarra, together with National Food Authority…

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