Farmers group says NFA's P9B budget for palay procurement insufficient

While Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) welcomes NFA"s move to raise palay buying price to P30 and double the volume of what farmers can procure, it said the agency"s P9 billion budget for procurement is insufficient. “Unfortunately, despite the increase in its buying price, the NFA's procurement budget remains at a measly P9 billion,” SINAG executive director Jayson Cainglet told GMA News Online.