PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved and ordered the release of P12.7 billion for the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) to help about 2.3 million small rice farmers amid some agricultural challenges in the country, Malacañang announced Saturday.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. brings the smuggled premium rice confiscated by the Bureau of Customs to Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte for distribution to the beneficiaries of the DSWD's Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) on Friday (Sept. 29, 2023). | (JOEY RAZON/NIB-PNA)
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. brings the smuggled premium rice confiscated by the Bureau of Customs to Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte for distribution to the beneficiaries of the DSWD's Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) on Friday (Sept. 29, 2023). | (JOEY RAZON/NIB-PNA)

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