NIA-Calabarzon sells P29/kilo rice to priority buyers in Cavite
2024-Aug-16 12:00
AFFORDABLE RICE. An elderly from Naic, Cavite buys a 10-kg sack of rice for only P290 or P29 per kilo from National Irrigation Administration (NIA)-Calabarzon Regional Director engineer Roberto Dela Cruz on Wednesday (Aug. 15, 2024). The affordable rice was sold during the launching of "KabayaNIAn Agri-Trade Fair" at the Cavite-Batangas Irrigation Management Office (IMO). (NIA-Calabarzon)
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) in Region 4A (Calabarzon), through the Cavite-Batangas Irrigation Management Office (IMO), held Thursday its "KabayaNIAn Agri-Trade Fair" in Naic, Cavite, where it offered rice at only P29 per kilogram (kg).
Vince Santoalla, the public relations officer for NIA 4A, said in a phone interview that the fair made available 1,000 bags of rice, each weighing 10 kilos, for P290 each at the Cavite-Batangas IMO in the town.
He said this initial stock is reserved for senior citizens, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) members, solo parents, and persons with disability (PWDs) in coordination with the Naic local government unit (LGU).
Santoalla said additional cheap rice stocks will become available for sale in September from the 79-hectare farm in Infanta, Quezon, cultivated by the Agos River Farmer Irrigators Association, Inc., as well as from other contracted farms in the Cavite-Batangas IMO area.
"We expect to have more rice available in September as farmers in Infanta, Quezon will start harvesting from the last week of August through the first week of September. Today's rice comes from the harvest at the end of July," Santoalla said.
At the fair, members of the irrigators association also offered other farm produce, including vegetables and high-value crops, at lower prices. (PNA)