BASCO, Batanes, October 15 -– National Food Authority (NFA) Chief Francisco Escalona announced that the I-rice is now available in all outlets of NFA here for P27 per kilo during the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council meeting recently.
Escalona said their warehouse has a stock of 4,000 bags of rice which is expected to last for two months and has been available in NFA outlets province-wide since the middle of September.
He further said that that another 4,000 bags of i-rice and ordinary NFA rice arrived in Basco through a cooperative cargo vessel.
NFA dealers were already rationed with their weekly 10 sacks supply; five sacks of ordinary rice
and five sacks of i-rice at 50 kg per sack.
Escalona said both varieties of rice are sold at P27 per kg.
Meantime, Editha Balles Surban of Barangay San Antonio here said she prefers i-rice for her family because aside from its low price at P27 per kg., which is much lower than the P45 per kg. of commercial rice, it is more nutritious than the ordinary variety. (Batanes Islands)
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