5W2H Problem Statement During summer crop season of palay (March 2019-June 2019), NFA Region 4 was able to buy 870,296 bags (50kg/bag) of palay from the local farmers of Region IV. NFA procurement accomplishment rate for this season was 86%. The region has 14% defect rate on palay procurement for the 2019 summer crop season. What Palay procurement defect rate of 14% When March 2019 – June 2019 Where NFA Region 4 Who Palay Procurement Committee per NFA Branch Why ???
How Big NFA buffer stocks requirement is rice supply that is good for 15-30 days or 15-30 million bags or simply 1 million bags of rice per day to ensure stabilized supply of rice in the country. The NFA Region 4 procurement target for summer crop season is only one day buffer stock requirement for the country. The 14% defect rate or 141, 704 bags has major factor to attain the buffer stock requirement. How Often Each year there are two crop season for Palay, summer crop (March to June) and main crop (September to December). For 2019 summer crop season, NFA Region 4 wasn’t able to meet its procurement target for the first half of the season with defect rate of 32%.