On Thursday, Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. led a “salo-salo” at the DA’s Bureau of Animal Industry compound along Visayas Avenue in Quezon City, allowing consumers, journalists, and DA employees to sample the NFA rice sold at KADIWA centers.

The subsidized rice program, which began as a pilot test in the Visayas on May 1, is expected to provide affordable, high-quality rice to as many as 2 million households—roughly 10 million Filipinos—through December. ### (Photos by Jay Morales, DA-OSEC)