Dar to NFA: Step up palay buying, selling

By Eireene Jairee Gomez

Aug 14, 2019 12:23 am

AGRICULTURE Secretary William Dar urged on Monday the National Food Authority (NFA) to step up efforts to procure palay (paddy rice) from local farmers to increase the presence of cheap rice in the market and achieve food security.

Farmers dry palay on a road in San Rafael, Bulacan. PHOTO BY RUSSELL PALMA

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