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P29/kilo rice for 4Ps beneficiaries by Aug
By Nidz Godino
“This week we’re already up to 13 Kadiwa outlets…by August 1, hopefully we will have 23 stores plus three provincial areas…we will have one in Cebu, maybe Maguindanao…then as we go along, we will widen coverage and may even try to lessen price of P29 rice in Kadiwa stores nationwide, hopefully by the first quarter of next year,” Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said P29 per kilo rice will be available in 23 Kadiwa outlets by Aug. 1, including in three provincial areas outside Luzon.
Department of Agriculture (DA) increased Kadiwa stores selling P29 per kilo rice to 13 outlets, from original 10 centers, starting last Friday during its second week of implementation.
Laurel said P29 per kilo rice will continue to be sourced from aging stocks of National Food Authority (NFA).
The 13 Kadiwa outlets sell P29 per kilo rice every Friday, Saturday and Sunday to vulnerable households include members of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), solo parents, senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
According to DA, rice produced under National Irrigation Administration’s contract-growing arrangement with rice farmers will eventually supplement supply from NFA to sustain P29 rice program.
Tiu Laurel said P29 rice program aims to provide for around 6.9 million vulnerable households, equal to around 34 million Filipinos.
The 13 Kadiwa stores include ones at Bureau of Plant Industry compound in Manila; Bureau of Animal Industry and National Irrigation Administration in Quezon City; Food Terminal Inc. in Taguig; Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority in Las Piñas; Barangay 167 in Caloocan; Brgy. Fortune and BFCT in Marikina; Nangka, Marikina; Disiplina Village in Valenzuela, Malabon Navotas; and Minuyan proper in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
Agriculture Assistant Secretary and spokesman Arnel de Mesa has maintained sale of P29 per kilo rice is not political move, ahead of State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.on July 22.
Farmers’ group Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. president Danilo Fausto has said DA is giving false hope to the poor by selling rice at P29 per kilo in Kadiwa outlets.
Fausto stressed move is not sustainable since DA’s subsidy is pegged at P20 per kilo or at P220 million per day.
De Mesa added Rice-for-All will be available to Kadiwa stores where general consumers can buy well-milled rice between P45 and P48 per kilo, lower than prevailing market prices.
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