Farmers may lose incentive from NFA

By Eireene Jairee Gomez

Sep 04, 2019 1:28 am

Amid declining price of palay (unmilled rice), farmers may lose the perk they are getting from the Buffer Stocking Incentive (BSI) program of the National Food Authority (NFA) after Sen. Cynthia Villar called on the grain agency to bring its buying price of palay back to P17 per kilo.

Farmers harvest palay in Baliuag, Bulacan. PHOTO BY RENE DILAN

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