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NFA-Caraga stops supplying retailers to ensure sufficiency
Laking pasalamat naman ni Nilo Latonio, isang Barangay Tanod ng Villa Kananga, dahil mas mapadali din ang kanilang trabaho at kaunti na ang mga taong nasa lansangan, at madali din na ma-identify ang mga ito.
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NFA-Caraga stops supplying retailers to ensure sufficiency
BUTUAN CITY – The National Food Authority in Caraga Region (NFA13) has stopped supplying rice to accredited retailers to ensure the availability of supply throughout the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) period.
By Alexander Lopez Ayon kay Butuan City Police Office city director PCol. Canilo Agua Fuentes, regular na sinusuri ng pulisya kasama ang task force bantay Butuan ang mga daan upang masiguro na ang mga tamang tao lamang ang nasa lansangan sa ayon na din sa hawak nitong quarantine pass color coding. “Malaking tulong and pagpapatupad ng color coding scheme dahil madaling malaman kung saang lugar nakatira ang mga taong nasa lansangan,” dagdag pa ni PCol. Fuentes.
Ang maayos na implementasyon ng color coding scheme ay nakatulong din na bumaba ang krimen sa lungsod at maipatupad ang social distancing. Malaki din ang papel ng mga punong barangay sa pagdidisiplina sa mga lumabag sa color coding scheme at curfew hours, dahil sila mismo ang susundo sa mga ito sa presento ng kapulisan. Itatala ang mga lumabag sa kani-kanilang mga barangay at sila ay magbibigay ng community service. Patuloy na ipinapanawagan ng mga otoridad na manatili sa bahay upang matulongan ang mga frontliners na mahinto ang transmission ng COVID-19. (NCLM/PIA Agusan del Norte)
NFA-13 information officer Amelou Jane Mendoza told the Philippine News Agency Tuesday the move would ensure that the agency meets the rice requirements of government institutional buyers amid the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.
“We need to prioritize the local government units (LGUs) and the different relief-giving agencies as they continue their relief food operations,” Mendoza said. She was referring to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), local government units (LGUs), and other entities involved in the government Covid-19 response.
“With the implementation of the Republic Act 11203 or Rice Tarrification Law (RTL), the primary mandate of DA-NFA is to secure the buffer stock to be distributed in times of emergency or calamities,” Mendoza said.
Mendoza said that from March up to April 24, 2020, around 37,340 bags of rice have already been released by NFA-13 to LGUs and the DSWD in the area. | APRIL 25-May 1, 2020 18
Based on the 2 percent market participation of NFA rice from daily consumption rate, she said NFA’s supply in the region could still last for up to two months.
However, she said that if the market participation of NFA rice would increase up to 25 percent due to high demand from institutional buyers, the NFA supply could only last for a month. “There is no need to be alarmed; so far, we have enough supply of NFA rice,” Mendoza said.
She added that a recent report from the Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region (DA-13) also assured enough supply based on the current harvest season in the area.
Mendoza said Caraga Region is expected to produce 315,947 metric tons or an equivalent of 134 percent rice sufficiency by the end of the first semester based on the consolidated planting report of the LGUs.
