IN A bid to help Kapampangan rice farmers, the Pampanga provincial government will be providing two warehouses with grain dryers to the National Food Authority (NFA).
The warehouses are set to be installed grain dryers, pledged by the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region III.
This was bared during the meeting of Governor Dennis “Delta” Pineda, Vice Gov. Lilia “Nanay” Pineda, Sangguniang Panlalawigan members, Provincial Administrator Charlie Chua, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Angelina Blanco, Provincial Agriculturist Edilberto Salenga, DA Regional Director Cris Bautista and NFA Provincial Manager Julieta Aurora Orias.
They discussed programs that would benefit the farmers in Pampanga, since the NFA has so far bought only 2.0 percent of palay production in the province.
"Mag-isip tayo paano mabibili ang palay ng farmers dito sa Pampanga," the governor urged.
According to the governor, this is also to assist the farmers amid the implementation of the Rice Tariffication Law.
The vice governor, for her part, mentioned that there are existing warehouses in Porac, Floridablanca and San Simon towns.
Orias said the agency would buy palay with 14% moisture content for P20 per kilo from the farmers.