President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. said the rice supply at the National Food Authority (NFA) was 'too low' and the government would have to boost its buffer stock with purchases from local producers and importations. 'In terms of the general supply for the country, I think we are in good shape. And although we'll still have to import, our importations have come down,' the President said after his meeting with NFA and agriculture officials in Malacañang on Thursday. Press Secretary Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil said the NFA had been proposing the importation of 330,000 metric tons of rice for a nine-day supply to cover an 'expected deficit' in the country's buffer stock for the relief operations if calamities strike this year.

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