DA to expand sale of P20/kilo rice

With a target of at least 15 million households nationwide, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to further expand its sale of the P20-per-kilo rice to the provinces next year.

- -Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas

The DA said the program expansion would begin in Pangasinan next month and would be a province-wide rollout instead of the previous limited sale scheme.

But purchase limits will be retained to manage supply, with senior citizens allowed to buy up to 30 kilos per month. All other beneficiaries are capped at 10 kilos.

“We started with the most vulnerable - 4Ps beneficiaries, persons with disabilities, single parents and senior citizens,” Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said.