Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund – Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA)
The program provides cash assistance to smallholder RSBSA-registered rice farmers tilling ricelands of two (2) hectares and below.
The fund is given as financial assistance to eligible rice farmers as compensation for the projected reduction or loss of farm income arising from the tariffication of quantitative import restrictions on rice.
There were a total of 2,251 beneficiaries for the 2-day RCEF-RFFA caravan.