National Food Authority (NFA) is urging the interagency National Food Security Committee (NFSC) to recommend the importation of 250,000 metric tons (MT) of rice to beef up its stockpile. The NFA Council (NFAC), the highest policy-making body of the NFA, recently approved a standby authority to import 250,000 MT of rice. The NFA is just awaiting the volume that will be approved by the NFSC, which recommends the volume of rice that should be imported by the government for buffer stocking purposes.