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P534.3M released for rice programs – Budget Dept.


The Department of Budget and Management has released P534.3 million for the agricultural programs ensuring rice sufficiency in the country. The funds would be used for on-farm and postharvest mechanization programs under the Department of Agriculture’s National Rice Program, Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad said Friday. The money, culled from government’s P5.217-billion National Rice Program for 2011, has been released to the Agriculture Department’s regional offices to boost the administration’s goal of making the country self-sufficient on rice, Abad said. The Aquino administration aims to make the Philippines rice self-sufficient by 2013. — VS, GMA News

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