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PUERTO PRINCESA CITY (PIA) -- The National Food Authority (NFA) eyes the completion of construction of the main building under the project of Masagana Agri-Food Infrastructure Modernization (MAFIM) in Narra town in 2026 to help increase palay purchases and bring convenience to Palaweno farmers. Rubelyn Landicho, Warehouse Supervisor and Branch Information Officer-designate, said the construction has reached 33 percent of actual completion upon recent inspection of the branch. The project has a total contract amount of P87,661,183.43. Once the building is complete, the agency will soon bring additional facilities such as silos and machinery like mechanical dryers in the next phases of the MAFIM project. An office for the project will be allocated inside the building. Ang building ay target na ngayong taon matapos, napakalaking advantage; kasi ang NFA Palawan ay hindi nakakapamili ng basa. Once matapos na ang MAFIM project, pag fully operational na ay tuloy-tuloy na tayo makakapamili ng basa, malaking tulong sa farmers, she said. The site of the project used to be a rice field that required soil filling before construction started in July 2025. Among the facilities that will be installed after the completion of the MAFIM project are three silo units with a 20,000-bag capacity each. There are also four units of mechanical dryers with capacity of 30 tons per batch in each unit and one unit of rice mill with capacity of eight to 10 tons per hour. The mechanical dryer will help the agency mill wet or fresh unhusked rice or palay, particularly coming from the provinces rice granary, Narra town. Sa ngayon, ang napapagamit lang sa amin ay solar dryer sa NFA Narra. Malaking pag-asa sa kanila ang mechanical dryer na magagamit. Every time na kailangan ng bigas, merong nakaimbak sa silo, ganon ka-modernized yon, said Landicho. NFA has two warehouses in Narra, each of which has a capacity of 60,000 bags. One warehouse could store palay, while the other one is for rice, she said. (RG/JBG/PIA MIMAROPA-Palawan/Photo from NFA Palawan Branch/FB)
