00:00Meanwhile, the National Food Authority is considering this operation in front of the use of food security in the country.
00:10In fact, according to the Department of Agriculture's plan, the NFA bought 70 new trucks this year and added 150 trucks in the next year.
00:22This is to solve the logistics problem of the agency and help the farmers to buy and sell their crops.
00:33According to the NFA, as of February, their rice inventory reached 8 million sacks.
00:44This is an improvement in the buffer stock.
00:46As of now, the NFA is implementing measures to modernize their supply chain with the help of the Agri-Food Infrastructure Modernization Program,
00:59where new post-harvest facilities are being built.
01:05The NFA is part of the legacy project of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tulaurel Jr.