Abalos, responding to calls for him to meet farmworkers in Nueva Ecija, said in a meeting with stakeholders that the National Food Authority (NFA) should be empowered again to buy rice grains from ...

Alarmed by the increasing conversion of farmlands, Senatorial aspirant Atty. Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. has proposed providing incentives to discourage farmer ...

Abalos is also pushing for amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law to better protect the welfare of local farmers while strengthening the mandate of the National Food Authority (NFA). According to ...

Abalos noted that the RTL has “serious flaws” that Congress should fix, like the removal of the National Food Authority’s (NFA) power to sell rice and import grains.