NFA La Union opens buying stations

San Juan, La Union—The National Food Authority (NFA) La Union Provincial Office opens buying stations in strategic areas in the province to accommodate palay deliveries coming from farmers.

Provincial manager Nicanor S. Rosario, in a statement said that the province's buying stations have started to buy palay from farmers who have started selling their products from the main cropping season since December of the previous year.

“The buying stations are ready to accommodate palay from our farmers, Mr. Rosario said. “With the reported decrease in the buying price of palay from private traders, we expect our farmers to come and sell their produce to us since our buying price stays competitive compared to that from private ·buyers,” ·he added.

The government, through the National Food Authority buys clean and dry palay from farmers at a support price of P17.00 per kilogram. Farmers who sell to the agency could also avail of incentives, whether they are individual or members of farmers-cooperatives. Incentive fees for individual farmer include delivery fee of P0.20 per kilogram and another P0.20 per kilogram for drying fee. For cooperatives, the incentives are the same as the individual farmers plus and additional P0.30 per kilogram cooperative development incentive fee (COIF).

Mr. Rosario added that aside from the buying stations, the Provincial Office will also field mobile procurement teams if they feel there would be a need for it. Procurement teams have been fielded in previous years to buy palay from “hard to reach areas”.

Mr. Rosario stressed that this is to give farmers from those areas a chance to also benefit from the government’s palay procurement program.

He explained further that the agency’s procurement program not only helps in boosting the buffer stock but also serves as a ready market for the harvest of farmers by offering them a competitive buying price that gives them a fair return in their investment.

“Our farmers deserve to gain from their own produce that’s why the NFA is here to serve their need,” Mr. Rosario emphasized. (NFA)

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