According to a "24 Oras Weekend” report by Jamie Santos on Saturday, commercial rice such as jasmine rice now costs P55 per kilo, up P6, while denorado now costs P52 per kilo, up P5.Retailers said the changes in pricing were based on how much they paid for the rice from traders.Last week, the Department of Agriculture said retail prices of rice were
in the next few weeks due to high palay farmgate prices amid the dry season, higher input costs, and low buffer stock.For now, NFA rice is being used as a buffer stock in case of calamities. However, Raul Montemayor, national manager of the Federation of Free Farmers, said that the NFA rice had been sold at Kadiwa stores.
"Ang problema, mukhang maraming inutos sa NFA gawin na hindi naman saklaw ng concept ng buffer stock. Maganda siguro yung intention na yung iba ay ipinaluwal sa Kadiwa pero nakalagay sa batas only during emergencies and calamities," he said in an interview with Super Radyo dzBB.The NFA is planning to import overSherylin Untalan/VBL, GMA Integrated News
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