Manila, April 24 -- Regular customers of the Kadiwa ng Pangulo (KNP) are hoping that the Department of Agriculture (DA) will soon launch a nationwide sale of cheaper rice worth PHP20 per kg.

This came after DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. announced the pilot sale of the PHP20/kg. rice in the Visayas following a closed-door meeting with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and 12 governors in the region on Wednesday.

Under the program, each family will be allowed a 10-kg. purchase limit per week or a total of 40 kg. per month in the region, which will soon be followed by a nationwide rollout.

Roque Fajardo, 63, a senior citizen and a regular buyer of rice in KNP at the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) in Quezon City, said they are loo...