by irdfadmin | Published Mar 4, 2011 | Latest News
Unfazed by budget cut, NFA to buy more rice from farmers Its P5.5-billion budget cut this year has not stopped the National Food Authority (NFA) from planning to buy from farmers more rice in 2011 than the target it set in the previous year. With NFA’s budget down to...
by irdfadmin | Published Mar 4, 2011 | Latest News
Group blasts confusing Noynoy tack on NFA The Daily Tribune http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110123hed4.html 01/23/2011 The Aquino administration can’t seem to get its act together on the fate of the National Food Administration (NFA) as it gives conflicting...
by irdfadmin | Published Apr 22, 2009 | Latest News
Rice-price hike to hurt the poor, make more people hungry A network of food-security advocates on Monday warned that the P1-P2 increase in the price of rice will hurt the poor and increase the number of hungry people in the country. Task Force Food Sovereignty (TFFS)...
by irdfadmin | Published Apr 21, 2009 | Latest News
Human Face Food Sovereignty “Why should we prioritize the production of corn to feed animals in Korea when we cannot even feed all the Filipino people?” asked Arze Glipo, lead convenor of the Task Force Food Sovereignty (TFFS). Think about that. A number...
