Villar: Transferred funds to augment budget for aid to farmers
Sen. Cynthia Villar said the amendment she proposed in the 2020 budget of the National Food Authority (NFA) will mean a bigger budget for the program providing assistance to small farmers. Villar, chair of the committee on agriculture and food and sponsor of the proposed budget of the Department of Agriculture, said a bigger budget is needed to help farmers affected by the initial phase of the implementation of Republic Act 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law, that is why she proposed the transfer of P3 billion from NFA to the Land Bank of the Philippines. “It is a given that there are difficulties encountered by farmers when the law took effect that is why we are looking for ways how to extend more assistance to them through bigger budget,” Villar said. The Nacionalista Party senator also allayed fears that the transferred funds will affect the palay procurement program of the agency. VILLAR AT LUFTHANSA TECHNIK PHILIPPINES - Sen. Cynthia A. Villar were among those who l...