MANILA: The Philippines plans to import 300,000 metric tons of rice through state deals to boost supply amid the month-long lockdown due to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Monday (March 30).
The government will allot 31 billion pesos (US$608mil) for food sufficiency efforts, allow food companies to increase workers and let farming and fishing continue during the Luzon-wide quarantine, Nograles said in a video bulletin posted on Facebook.
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