The National Food Authority is conducting intensive buying of corn in major producing regions as the agency keeps its commitment to buy as much of the local produce, a press release from the NFA and the Department of Agriculture said.

NFA  administrator  Jessup  Navarro said in the press release that the NFA is targeting to buy 4.6 million  bags  of  yellow  corn grains equivalent  to P2.8 billion and 1.3 million  bags  of white corn grains  worth  P892 million until December this year.

Navarro said that by the end of July, cumulative corn procurement of NFA has already reached 383,426 bags or an equivalent of 19,171 metric tons.

IN NEG. OCC.
‘292,607 has. can
be jatropha lands’

The province of Negros Occidental yesterday launched the Jatropha Processing and Research Center for Bio-Fuel at the Technology and Livelihood Development Center of the province in Bacolod City.

To seal its commitment and aims, the provincial government signed the memorandum of agreement with the academe and other agencies to strengthen the efforts on this research.

Fr. Frederick Comenador of Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod, Dr. Renato Salmingo of Carlos Hilado Memorial State College, and Dr. Freddie Maningo of Negros State College of Agriculture were the representatives of the academe.

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