AGNOR LCE LAUDS DA-NFA’S PALAY PROCUREMENT PROGRAM The local chief executive of Las Nieves, Agusan del Note lauded the government’s palay procurement program through the Department of Agriculture-National Food Authority (DA-NFA) for buying palay from the
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By Aurelius P. Arais local farmers. “With the low buying price of the private traders, the government procurement program allows our farmers to earn more,” Mayor Avelina Rosales said. The buying price
of DA-NFA is P19.00 per kilo, clean and dry, much higher than the private traders. Amielou Jane Mendoza, information officer of DA-NFA Caraga revealed that based on their monitoring, private