The Department of Agriculture (DA) will shell out at least P500 million next year to sustain the rice-corn (RiCo) blend project, which seeks to improve the country’s food security and cut its dependence on rice imports.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will shell out at least P500 million next year to sustain the rice-corn (RiCo) blend project, which seeks to improve the country’s food security and cut its dependence on rice imports.
“Part of what we need to support PhilMaize [Philippine Maize Federation Inc.] will be included in the GAA [General Appropriations Act] of 2019. It will be around half a billion,” Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol told reporters in a recent interview.
Piñol said the DA will help the PhilMaize to consolidate corn produced by farmers for the RiCo blend project, which is starting this year. For this, he added, he committed an initial P50 million to kickstart the program.
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