Mountain Province OKs P3-M budget for rice

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines - Mountain Province has earmarked P3 million to boost the rice stock of the province.Gov. Maximo Dalog said that the money would be used to buy additional rice even as the National Food Authority earlier assured him that there would be enough supply for the province. He said that this was the consensus of the leaders during the provincial rice summit last week. The NFA said that they would be providing more than 130,000 bags of rice to Mountain Province from April to December. Dalog, however, said that the fund would be used as supplement to the NFA’s "promise." In line with the rice capitalization fund, Dalog called on all mayors to update the list of the indigent families within their jurisdiction so that they would be the priority for the distribution. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan enacted the supplemental budget of at least P3 million to procure additional rice supply.Although the site of the famed rice terraces in the Cordillera, Mountain Province cannot produce enough rice for its people. Only Kalinga among the provinces in the region can provide much more than they can harvest. -

Source:GMANews.TV