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DA widens P20 rice program, targets 60M Filipinos by 2026
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is expanding its P20 per kilo rice program nationwide, now distributing to transport workers including jeepney and tricycle drivers.
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. stated the program's rollout to the transport sector signals an aggressive expansion, with public school teachers and non-teaching personnel to be the next beneficiaries.
The "Benteng Bigas, Meron Na!" program, which aims to enhance food security and support the agricultural economy, aims to cover 15 million households or about 60 million Filipinos by the end of 2026.
The program is sustained through June 2028, the end of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s term.
The initiative was simultaneously launched in Navotas City, Cebu City, Tagum City, and Angeles City, Pampanga, initially reaching 57,000 beneficiaries.
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