The government’s flagship food security initiative, the Kadiwa ng Pangulo (KNP) Program, has recorded P2.8 billion in total sales from July 2022 to May 15, 2025, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported yesterday.
Based on data released by the DA, the program has served 7 million households and supported 2,484 farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) across the country, throughout its implementation.
As of mid-May 2025, Kadiwa operates a total of 664 sites, comprising 39 Kadiwa Centers, 15 Kadiwa ni Juan outlets, 69 Kadiwa sa NIA stores, 282 Kadiwa Stores, 167 pop-up stores, and 92 event-based Kadiwa locations.
KNP’s nationwide network has become an important strategy of the administration’s effort to stabilize food prices, improve market access for farmers, and ease the burden of inflation on Filipino families.
Complementing the broader KNP initiative are targeted rice subsidy programs that have further strengthened food affordability.
From May 13 to 23, 2025, the P20 rice selling program sold P1.9 million worth of affordable rice, or about 94.87 metric tons (MT) of rice sold, and benefited 9,487 consumers.
Meanwhile, the P29 rice program, which ran from July 6, 2024, to May 12, 2025, generated P37.81 million in sales, with over 1,304 metric tons distributed to 259,821 individuals.
From July 16, 2024, to May 15, 2025, the Rice for All (RFA) program generated P37.65 million in sales, selling 962.18 MT and serving 161,497 beneficiaries.
The DA underscored the KNP program’s sustained reach and infrastructure provides the backbone for delivering these interventions effectively.
