Iloilo City, July 28 -- Iloilo's provincial government will implement the System Enhancement for Rice to Booster, Increase and Sustain Gains Onwards (SERBISYO) starting in the second cropping this year to sustain the government's PHP20-per-kg. rice program.

SERBISYO is a component of the "SiPag at TiyaGa for MoRProGRes sa Bagong Pilipinas," a convergence program of the government aimed at sustaining the agriculture sector and addressing malnutrition in the province.

In an interview on Tuesday, Geron Magbanua, chief of the crops division of the Provincial Agriculture's Office, said under SERBISYO, they would provide an input subsidy to farmers, which they have to repay with their produce.

"The long-term plan of the government is to esta...