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National Food Authority (Philippines)

April 11, 2024

The Philippines' National Food Authority (Filipino: Pambansang Pangasiwaan ng Pagkain, abbreviated as NFA), is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring the food security of the Philippines and the stability of supply and price of rice, the Philippines' staple grain.

National Food Authority
Pambansang Pangasiwaan ng Pagkain
Agency overview
FormedSeptember 26, 1972; 51 years ago (1972-09-26)
HeadquartersVisayas Avenue, Quezon City 1128, Metro Manila, Philippines
Agency executive
Parent agencyDepartment of Agriculture
Websitewww.nfa.gov.ph

History edit

The National Food Authority was created by President Ferdinand Marcos through Presidential Decree No. 4 dated September 26, 1972, under the name National Grains Authority (NGA) with the mission of promoting the integrated growth and development of the grains industry covering rice, corn, feed grains and other grains like sorghum, mung beans, and peanuts.[1] This decree abolished two agencies, namely, the Rice and Corn Board (RICOB) and the Rice and Corn Administration (RCA) and absorbed their respective functions into the NFA. The former was then regulating the rice and corn retail trade and was tasked to nationalize it within a target date. The latter was marketed and distributed government low-priced rice especially during lean months. In addition, the new agency was vested with additional functions aimed at developing post-harvest systems and processes.

Among others, the NGA supported the paddy production program of the government referred to as the Masagana 99 agricultural program, which was geared toward rice self-sufficiency. It engaged in massive paddy procurement at government support prices, and with limited volume, the country joined the family of rice exporting countries from 1977 to 1981. Economists[2] generally acknowledge Masagana 99 to have failed because the supervised credit scheme it offered to farmers proved unsustainable.[2]

On January 14, 1981, Presidential Decree No. 1770 renamed the NGA and established the National Food Authority (NFA), further widening the agency's social responsibilities and commodity coverage to include, in addition to grains, other food items like raw or fresh fruits and vegetables and fish and marine, manufactured, processed, or packaged food products, and these were collectively referred to as non-grains commodities.[3] This law was the basis of the Kadiwa stores or government retail stores, which sold low-priced basic food and household items which were established within the National Capital Region and in all the provinces of the Philippines.

On May 31, 1985, Executive Order No. 1028 provided for the deregulation of NFA's non-grains marketing activities, specifically terminating NFA's non-grains trading activities, returning feed grains and wheat importation to the private sector, and lifting price controls on rice and corn.[4] As such, at the end of 1986, all the Kadiwa Stores had sold or closed.

Today, the National Food Authority is charge with ensuring the food security of the country and the stability of supply and price of the staple grain-rice. It performs these functions through various activities and strategies, which include procurement of paddy from individual farmers and their organizations, buffer stocking, processing activities, dispersal of paddy and milled rice to strategic locations and distribution of the staple grain to various marketing outlets at appropriate times of the year.

In recent years, in response to globalization and to the efforts to reduce the national budget deficit, the government has been looking into the possibility of restructuring, streamlining or privatizing certain activities of the NFA.

On May 5, 2014, Executive Order No. 165 signed by President Benigno Aquino III reassigned the National Food Authority and three other agencies to the Office of the President,[5] with oversight responsibilities for the four agencies given to Francis Pangilinan in the newly created post of Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization. Then-NFA administrator Orlan Calayag stepped down in what he described as a "courtesy resignation" so that Pangilinan could appoint his own preferred candidate to head the NFA.[6][7]

On July 4, 2016, NFA was among the 12 agencies, formerly from the Office of the President reassigned to the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, based on Executive Order No. 1 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte.[8] It was restored to the Department of Agriculture, along with the Philippine Coconut Authority and the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority, by Executive Order No. 62 issued in September 2018.[9]

The Ombudsman of the Philippines’ issued a 6 months preventive suspension order effective on March 4, 2024 against Administrator Roderico R. Bioco and 138 other officials and employees, including Assistant Administrator for Operations John Robert Hermano and several regional managers and warehouse supervisors nationwide. Imee Marcos filed Senate Resolution 940 on March 4, 2024 "to investigate, in aid of legislation, the NFA's alleged irregular disposition and sale of repacked rice stocks to rice traders at low prices.probe into 'irregular' sale of NFA rice sought."[10][11] On March 19, 2024, Director Larry Lacson has been named as NFA Officer in Charge after the Office of the Ombudsman of the Philippines's 6-month suspension administrator, Roderico Bioco.[12]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ (PDF). Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. September 26, 1972. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Esguerra, E.F. (1980). "Some notes on the Masagana 99 [rice] program and small farmer access to credit [Philippines]". Philippine Sociological Review (Philippines). Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  3. ^ . Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. January 14, 1981. Archived from the original on July 17, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  4. ^ . Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. May 31, 1985. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  5. ^ . Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. May 5, 2014. Archived from the original on September 23, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  6. ^ . Office of the President of the Philippines. May 6, 2014. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  7. ^ Diega, Alladin S. (May 12, 2014). "Agriculture executives resign after Pangilinan appointment". BusinessMirror. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  8. ^ Ranada, Pia (July 4, 2016). "Duterte's 1st EO: Simpler, faster anti-poverty services". Rappler. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  9. ^ (PDF). Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. September 17, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  10. ^ Lagare, Jordene (March 4, 2024). "NFA head, 138 others suspended over rice buffer stocks sale". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  11. ^ Bordey, Hana (March 4, 2024). "Senate probe into 'irregular' sale of NFA rice sought". GMA Integrated News. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  12. ^ Lagare, Jordene (March 19, 2024). "DA exec named officer in charge of NFA pending rice row probe". Retrieved March 21, 2024.

External links edit

  • NFA Philippines homepage

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Philippines staple grain National Food AuthorityPambansang Pangasiwaan ng PagkainAgency overviewFormedSeptember 26 1972 51 years ago 1972 09 26 HeadquartersVisayas Avenue Quezon City 1128 Metro Manila PhilippinesAgency executiveLarry R Lacson Officer in ChargeParent agencyDepartment of AgricultureWebsitewww wbr nfa wbr gov wbr ph Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe National Food Authority was created by President Ferdinand Marcos through Presidential Decree No 4 dated September 26 1972 under the name National Grains Authority NGA with the mission of promoting the integrated growth and development of the grains industry covering rice corn feed grains and other grains like sorghum mung beans and peanuts 1 This decree abolished two agencies namely the Rice and Corn Board RICOB and the Rice and Corn Administration RCA and absorbed their respective functions into the NFA The former was then regulating the rice and corn retail trade and was tasked to nationalize it within a target date The latter was marketed and distributed government low priced rice especially during lean months In addition the new agency was vested with additional functions aimed at developing post harvest systems and processes Among others the NGA supported the paddy production program of the government referred to as the Masagana 99 agricultural program which was geared toward rice self sufficiency It engaged in massive paddy procurement at government support prices and with limited volume the country joined the family of rice exporting countries from 1977 to 1981 Economists 2 generally acknowledge Masagana 99 to have failed because the supervised credit scheme it offered to farmers proved unsustainable 2 On January 14 1981 Presidential Decree No 1770 renamed the NGA and established the National Food Authority NFA further widening the agency s social responsibilities and commodity coverage to include in addition to grains other food items like raw or fresh fruits and vegetables and fish and marine manufactured processed or packaged food products and these were collectively referred to as non grains commodities 3 This law was the basis of the Kadiwa stores or government retail stores which sold low priced basic food and household items which were established within the National Capital Region and in all the provinces of the Philippines On May 31 1985 Executive Order No 1028 provided for the deregulation of NFA s non grains marketing activities specifically terminating NFA s non grains trading activities returning feed grains and wheat importation to the private sector and lifting price controls on rice and corn 4 As such at the end of 1986 all the Kadiwa Stores had sold or closed Today the National Food Authority is charge with ensuring the food security of the country and the stability of supply and price of the staple grain rice It performs these functions through various activities and strategies which include procurement of paddy from individual farmers and their organizations buffer stocking processing activities dispersal of paddy and milled rice to strategic locations and distribution of the staple grain to various marketing outlets at appropriate times of the year In recent years in response to globalization and to the efforts to reduce the national budget deficit the government has been looking into the possibility of restructuring streamlining or privatizing certain activities of the NFA On May 5 2014 Executive Order No 165 signed by President Benigno Aquino III reassigned the National Food Authority and three other agencies to the Office of the President 5 with oversight responsibilities for the four agencies given to Francis Pangilinan in the newly created post of Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization Then NFA administrator Orlan Calayag stepped down in what he described as a courtesy resignation so that Pangilinan could appoint his own preferred candidate to head the NFA 6 7 On July 4 2016 NFA was among the 12 agencies formerly from the Office of the President reassigned to the Office of the Cabinet Secretary based on Executive Order No 1 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte 8 It was restored to the Department of Agriculture along with the Philippine Coconut Authority and the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority by Executive Order No 62 issued in September 2018 9 The Ombudsman of the Philippines issued a 6 months preventive suspension order effective on March 4 2024 against Administrator Roderico R Bioco and 138 other officials and employees including Assistant Administrator for Operations John Robert Hermano and several regional managers and warehouse supervisors nationwide Imee Marcos filed Senate Resolution 940 on March 4 2024 to investigate in aid of legislation the NFA s alleged irregular disposition and sale of repacked rice stocks to rice traders at low prices probe into irregular sale of NFA rice sought 10 11 On March 19 2024 Director Larry Lacson has been named as NFA Officer in Charge after the Office of the Ombudsman of the Philippines s 6 month suspension administrator Roderico Bioco 12 See also editFood Terminal Inc References edit Presidential Decree No 4 s 1972 PDF Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines September 26 1972 Archived from the original on June 14 2018 Retrieved July 17 2023 a b Esguerra E F 1980 Some notes on the Masagana 99 rice program and small farmer access to credit Philippines Philippine Sociological Review Philippines Retrieved September 19 2017 Presidential Decree No 1770 s 1981 Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines January 14 1981 Archived from the original on July 17 2023 Retrieved July 17 2023 Executive Order No 1028 s 1985 Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines May 31 1985 Archived from the original on October 27 2017 Retrieved July 17 2023 Executive Order No 165 s 2014 Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines May 5 2014 Archived from the original on September 23 2018 Retrieved July 17 2023 President Aquino appoints former Senator Francis Pangilinan as Presidential Assistant for Food Security Office of the President of the Philippines May 6 2014 Archived from the original on May 22 2014 Retrieved May 20 2014 Diega Alladin S May 12 2014 Agriculture executives resign after Pangilinan appointment BusinessMirror Retrieved May 20 2014 Ranada Pia July 4 2016 Duterte s 1st EO Simpler faster anti poverty services Rappler Retrieved July 4 2016 Executive Order No 62 s 2018 PDF Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines September 17 2018 Archived from the original PDF on October 16 2021 Retrieved July 17 2023 Lagare Jordene March 4 2024 NFA head 138 others suspended over rice buffer stocks sale Philippine Daily Inquirer Retrieved March 4 2024 Bordey Hana March 4 2024 Senate probe into irregular sale of NFA rice sought GMA Integrated News Retrieved March 4 2024 Lagare Jordene March 19 2024 DA exec named officer in charge of NFA pending rice row probe Retrieved March 21 2024 External links editNFA Philippines homepage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Food Authority Philippines amp oldid 1214819366, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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