00:00An estimated 4 million individuals or roughly 800 households are expected to benefit from the 20 pesos rice program across regions 6, 7 and 8.
00:10Local government units or LGUs that have expressed intent to purchase NFA rice under the food security emergency on rice will be prioritized in the rollout.
00:19The program will also extend to Metro Manila through the Kadiwa ng Pangulo Initiative.
00:23Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture DA is currently studying the possibility of expanding the program beyond the initially allocated 370,000 metric tons of NFA rice.
