DENR plants native trees

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2015/06/27/denr-plants-native-trees-415666
• Saturday, June 27, 2015

By Bong Garcia

NATIONAL Food Authority (NFA) Provincial Manager Gaudencio Nuega has assured the public that there is sufficient supply of rice in Zamboanga City for the lean months of this year.

The lean month period is from June to September every year.

Nuega made the assurance as they intend to increase the rice they supply to the local market up to 30 percent during the lean months.

Nuega said they usually supply 20 percent as the commercial rice traders provide 80 percent of the local rice demand.

He added that they supply two rice varieties at the local market and is sold at P27 and P32 per kilo.

The NFA, at present, has a total of 360,000 sacks of rice of 50 kilos each at its warehouse in the village of San Roque, Zamboanga City, according to Nuega.

He said that 260,000 of the total rice stocks are reserved for the city since the remaining 100,000 sacks are intended for the nearby provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.

He said the stocks of 260,000 sacks of rice are good for 48 days if and when the local consuming public will solely rely on the rice supply of the agency.

Nuega is confident they will not run out of supply as they expect the arrival of additional 100,000 sacks of rice in few days.