Guillen says P29 per kilo of rice could be sold by August in NIA Kadiwa centers

National Irrigation Administration (NIA) head Eduardo Guillen said Tuesday that P29 per kilo of rice would be sold in August in Kadiwa centers of the agency. 

''So, ang atin po, sa NIA naman mayroon din kaming project na malaki ngayon – iyong ating contract farming ano po and iyon, ganoon din ang ating ano. In fact, ang aming estimate diyan, mga nasa P29 puwede na kaming magbenta, by August naman kami,'' Guillen told Palace press briefing.

(We have a big project in NIA and it's the contract farming. We could sell P29 per kilo of rice by August.) 

''We have around 100 million kilos of rice na projected na ma-produce po natin by August. Iyon po ang target ng DA (Department of Agriculture), iyon po ang target natin by… sabi ng DA, July may supply sila eh pero ang NIA, by August po kami, iyong P29 na bigas,'' he added. 

(We have around 100 million kilos of rice that we could produce by August. That's the target of DA. The DA said that by July, we already have supply and by August, we have the P29.) 

Guillen said the P29 per kilo of rice would be sold in Metro Manila, Cebu, and Davao. 

The NIA chief said that each family could buy 10 kilos of rice in Kadiwa centers.—AOL, GMA Integrated News