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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
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ROXAS City – Farmers are urged to sell their palay produce to the government for the province’s buffer.
National Food Authority (NFA) Capiz information officer Mary Christie Hari-on explained that the palay produce of farmers that are sold to the food agency here serve as a buffer stock for Capizeños.
For this year, NFA has prepared some P130 million to buy 144,000 bags of palay in Capiz.
Hari-on said NFA buys clean and dry palay at P17 per kilogram with additional incentives to farmers or cooperatives.
“The additional incentives include drying incentive fee of 20 centavos per kilogram, delivery fee ranging from 20 to 50 centavos per kilogram depending on the distance from the farm to buying station, and cooperative development incentive fee of 30 centavos per kilogram,” she said.
Capiz NFA warehouses in Bolo, Roxas City and Dumalag and Sigma towns are ready to buy the farmers’ palay produce.
Last year, the food agency here was able to procure a total of 89,878 bags of palay, which is a 163-percent accomplishment based on the 55,000 bags of palay procurement target, Hari-on said. (PIA/PN)
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