With barely 10 days more to go before the year ends, the National Food Authority (NFA) in Region 8 assured that the NFA rice in Eastern Visayas is sufficient - it has stocks of 834,925 bags including the 16,728 bags of iron-fortified rice or I-Rice.
According to Mary Agnes Militante, NFA information officer, as of December 15 of this year, the actual rice distribution in Region 8 was recorded at 1,134,076 bags which is 57 percent of the 1,997,000 bags of rice targeted.
On the other hand, the actual I-Rice distribution in the region reached 399,581 bags as of December 15 with the province of Eastern Samar recording the highest sales at 105,828 bags.
The price difference between NFA and commercial rice in the market is not that much, Militante explained.
As of this writing, the actual palay procurement in Eastern Visayas was already pegged at 23,586 sacks or 152 percent of the 15,500 target for this year distributed as follows: Biliran (8,680 sacks), Northern Leyte (6,420 sacks), Southern Leyte (3,407 sacks), Samar (1,817 sacks), Eastern Samar (1,727 sacks), and Northern Samar (1,535 sacks).
Militante said that Eastern Visayas has the highest number of palay procured among the regions nationwide.
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