The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday rolled out the pilot test of the P20-per-kilo rice initiative in Cebu.
In a news release, the DA said a memorandum of agreement was signed by Food Terminal Inc. and the Provincial Government of Cebu for subsidy sharing to implement the pilot test of the cheaper rice initiative in the province.
The entire pilot test, which will run until December, will cover other regions in the Visayas and should benefit around 800,000 households or four million people, according to the Agriculture Department.
“Today, Labor Day, we fulfill a promise made three years ago by President Bongbong Marcos to the Filipino people: to bring down the price of rice…