MARAWI
CITY, Lanao del Sur, June 1 (PIA) -- The National Food Authority in the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (NFA-ARMM) assured the public
there would be no rice shortage despite adverse weather conditions that
hit the region’s rice and corn areas.
Pangalian B. Busran,
regional manager of NFA-ARMM said this would mean that the region will
have a stable supply and prices of rice both farm and consumer levels in
the near term.
He said the NFA is ready for the onset of the lean season for rice, which is from June to September.
The
NFA has also issued a guarantee that there would be enough and ready
supply of the prime staple even during natural and man-made calamities.
The
region has a current total industry inventory of 118,000 bags of rice
for the five provinces in the region. The agency is selling rice at P27
per kilo for 25% broken grain and P32 per kilo for 15% broken grain
through roughly a thousand registered NFA outlets across the region.
Busran
said the NFA will file charges against traders who would be engaged in
unfair business practices. (Bureau of Public Information/APB/PIA-10)
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