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[Title] => From rice czar to agri secretary
[Summary] => National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Arthur C. Yap — at a young age of 37 years – has taken more responsibilites in a wider vista. Next week, he will assume the job of agriculture secretary through an appointment by President Arroyo, his Management and Economics professor at the Ateneo de Manila in 1982.
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[Title] => Rice import arrivals reach 401,823 MT as of mid-June
[Summary] => Rice imports are boosting the government’s efforts to meet the country’s requirement for the basic staple especially with the onset of the lean production months.
As of mid-June, rice import arrivals reached 401,823 metric tons (MT). These include the 117,817 MT the government availed itself of under the USPL-480 Title 1 and 284,006 MT under the contracted quantity of the 650,000 MT rice imports this year .
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-18 00:00:00
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[Title] => Hog raisers plan mass action versus rampant smuggling
[Summary] => Albert R.T. Lim Jr., president of the National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc.(NFHFI), announced recently that their 29 member organizations are mapping out plans for a mass action against the delay in the release of the report of the fact-finding committee headed by NFA Administrator Arthur C. Yap.
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[Title] => Tugon ng NFA at ni Administrator Yap
[Summary] => Matapos mailathala sa aking kolum ‘nung Lunes ang tungkol sa patuloy na sabwatan sa "rice diversion" sa loob ng mga National Food Authority (NFA) warehouses ng CAMANAVA, Manila at South District, isang kasagutang liham mula sa tanggapan ni Dir. Rex C. Estoperez ang natanggap ng BITAG. Aming ilalathala walang labis, walang kulang.
G. Tulfo,
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[Title] => Rice imports seen to drop 16% this yr
[Summary] => The National Food Authority said the volume of rice imports this year is expected to be lower than in 2003 owing to the success of the government’s rice production program.
Agriculture Undersecretary for Luzon and NFA Administrator Arthur C. Yap said that the projected importation this year of 782,000 metric tons (MT) is lower by 16 percent compared to the 934,000 MT the government brought in last year.
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[Title] => NFA assures availability of low-priced, quality rice
[Summary] => The National Food Authority has assured the public that low-priced but quality NFA rice will always be available as the agency implements a new rice distribution scheme.
The distribution scheme aims to make NFA rice more accessible and affordable to consumers. The new strategy will tap the assistance of retailers’ organizations nationwide in sellling NFA rice. It also includes the conduct of mobile sales to retailers as well as the reactivation and accreditation of more NFA stationary stores.
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[Title] => GMA orders full-blast palay procurement for buffer stock
[Summary] => President Arroyo has instructed the National Food Authority to conduct full blast procurement of palay as buffer stocks for the year.
According to the President, the NFA should have enough stocks to be ready to respond at all times to any natural or man-made calamity which may hit the country this year. She citied the unexpected landslides and flashfloods in Southern Leyte and Caraga as examples of unexpected events that require quick response from the government, especially the NFA which is tasked with ensuring the nation’s food security.
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[Title] => NFA sustains aggressive palay procurement
[Summary] => The National Food Authority is taking advantage of sufficient budgetary support and the good weather to maximize its palay buying operations. Thus far, the agency has procured some 3.42 million bags of palay during the past two and a half months.
NFA Administrator Arthur C. Yap said they have been able to buy more than 50 percent of the five million bags targeted until the main harvest ends.
Procurement for the main harvest runs from October to December but at times spills over until the middle of January to accommodate late harvests.
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[Title] => NFA allots P350-M for palay procurement in ARMM
[Summary] => The National Food Authority has set aside P350 million for intensive palay buying in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) during the main harvest starting this month until December.
The NFA-ARMM is targeting to buy 38,900 metric tons (MT) of palay or 778,000 bags in the last quarter. This is the biggest targeted palay procurement volume in the area in the past several years.
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[Title] => NFA, DA launch seed distribution program
[Summary] => Close to 270,500 bags of certified seeds have been distributed by the National Food Authority under a rice seed procurement and distribution program which is jointly being implemented with the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Conceived as a productivity-enhancing measure, the program allows the NFA to procure certified seeds from accredited seed growers. This, in turn, is loaned out to master-listed farmer beneficiaries under a plant now-pay later arrangement.
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ADMINISTRATOR ARTHUR C
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[Title] => From rice czar to agri secretary
[Summary] => National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Arthur C. Yap — at a young age of 37 years – has taken more responsibilites in a wider vista. Next week, he will assume the job of agriculture secretary through an appointment by President Arroyo, his Management and Economics professor at the Ateneo de Manila in 1982.
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[Title] => Rice import arrivals reach 401,823 MT as of mid-June
[Summary] => Rice imports are boosting the government’s efforts to meet the country’s requirement for the basic staple especially with the onset of the lean production months.
As of mid-June, rice import arrivals reached 401,823 metric tons (MT). These include the 117,817 MT the government availed itself of under the USPL-480 Title 1 and 284,006 MT under the contracted quantity of the 650,000 MT rice imports this year .
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[Title] => Hog raisers plan mass action versus rampant smuggling
[Summary] => Albert R.T. Lim Jr., president of the National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc.(NFHFI), announced recently that their 29 member organizations are mapping out plans for a mass action against the delay in the release of the report of the fact-finding committee headed by NFA Administrator Arthur C. Yap.
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[Title] => Tugon ng NFA at ni Administrator Yap
[Summary] => Matapos mailathala sa aking kolum ‘nung Lunes ang tungkol sa patuloy na sabwatan sa "rice diversion" sa loob ng mga National Food Authority (NFA) warehouses ng CAMANAVA, Manila at South District, isang kasagutang liham mula sa tanggapan ni Dir. Rex C. Estoperez ang natanggap ng BITAG. Aming ilalathala walang labis, walang kulang.
G. Tulfo,
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[Title] => Rice imports seen to drop 16% this yr
[Summary] => The National Food Authority said the volume of rice imports this year is expected to be lower than in 2003 owing to the success of the government’s rice production program.
Agriculture Undersecretary for Luzon and NFA Administrator Arthur C. Yap said that the projected importation this year of 782,000 metric tons (MT) is lower by 16 percent compared to the 934,000 MT the government brought in last year.
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[Title] => NFA assures availability of low-priced, quality rice
[Summary] => The National Food Authority has assured the public that low-priced but quality NFA rice will always be available as the agency implements a new rice distribution scheme.
The distribution scheme aims to make NFA rice more accessible and affordable to consumers. The new strategy will tap the assistance of retailers’ organizations nationwide in sellling NFA rice. It also includes the conduct of mobile sales to retailers as well as the reactivation and accreditation of more NFA stationary stores.
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[Title] => GMA orders full-blast palay procurement for buffer stock
[Summary] => President Arroyo has instructed the National Food Authority to conduct full blast procurement of palay as buffer stocks for the year.
According to the President, the NFA should have enough stocks to be ready to respond at all times to any natural or man-made calamity which may hit the country this year. She citied the unexpected landslides and flashfloods in Southern Leyte and Caraga as examples of unexpected events that require quick response from the government, especially the NFA which is tasked with ensuring the nation’s food security.
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[Title] => NFA sustains aggressive palay procurement
[Summary] => The National Food Authority is taking advantage of sufficient budgetary support and the good weather to maximize its palay buying operations. Thus far, the agency has procured some 3.42 million bags of palay during the past two and a half months.
NFA Administrator Arthur C. Yap said they have been able to buy more than 50 percent of the five million bags targeted until the main harvest ends.
Procurement for the main harvest runs from October to December but at times spills over until the middle of January to accommodate late harvests.
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[Title] => NFA allots P350-M for palay procurement in ARMM
[Summary] => The National Food Authority has set aside P350 million for intensive palay buying in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) during the main harvest starting this month until December.
The NFA-ARMM is targeting to buy 38,900 metric tons (MT) of palay or 778,000 bags in the last quarter. This is the biggest targeted palay procurement volume in the area in the past several years.
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[Title] => NFA, DA launch seed distribution program
[Summary] => Close to 270,500 bags of certified seeds have been distributed by the National Food Authority under a rice seed procurement and distribution program which is jointly being implemented with the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Conceived as a productivity-enhancing measure, the program allows the NFA to procure certified seeds from accredited seed growers. This, in turn, is loaned out to master-listed farmer beneficiaries under a plant now-pay later arrangement.
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