with rising producer prices the hpp has also had to rise in order to enable bulog to purchase enough rice for its obligations the programme provided interestfree credit for selected rural business units so that they could assist in stabilising the price of rice at an acceptable level during the harvest season by purchasing rice on the basis of the hpp in the programme was extended to include corn and soybeans with the target prices determined by the provincial government during the life of this programme the government provided finance to lueps in provinces