Ilang magsasaka sa Pangasinan sinimulan na mag-ani ng palay | News Night - video Dailymotion

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Nagsimula na ang anihan ng palay sa ilang lalawigan.   Sa Pangasinan kung saan nagtungo si Currie Cator, napilitan lang daw ang ilang magsasaka na mag-ani bago pa lalong bumagsak ang presyo ng palay.  Narito ang kanyang report.   Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/  Follow our social media pages:  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines

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00:00 If the price of rice and rice paddy is the same, it's 20 pesos.

00:04 The farmer is just laughing.

00:08 We'll make it 20 pesos.

00:10 Whenever the government promises 20 pesos of rice,

00:14 the price of rice just goes down,

00:17 they don't want to be neighbors anymore.

00:20 Last week, they bought 24 pesos and 50 centavos for each kilo of rice in Pangasinan.

00:30 But it dropped to 6 pesos right away after the price ceiling was implemented.

00:35 We're accepting it.

00:38 If it's really the same, we can't do anything because we have debts.

00:45 The rice is in the 100th of the rice paddy per hectare, equivalent to 5 tons.

00:51 30,000 pesos were lost to farmers when the price of rice dropped to 18 pesos and 50 centavos per kilo.

00:59 According to rice trader Mario,

01:01 some of them are buying rice at a cheaper price of 17 pesos,

01:07 which is in line with the price cap.

01:09 The farmers were really hit.

01:12 The government favors the consumers.

01:16 What's better to do is to maintain the price.

01:20 This is how the rice looks like now.

01:24 If you notice, it's not yet mature.

01:27 There are still green grains instead of yellow.

01:31 Some farmers say they are really happy with the rice

01:35 because they're afraid of the storm.

01:38 The farmers were also worried that the price of rice dropped to 14 or 15 pesos per kilo

01:45 because of the storm.

01:47 The economic maneuvers of President BBM

01:51 to remove the tariff on imported rice,

01:55 that's what we farmers are worried about.

01:57 The trader will lower the price of rice

02:00 so that it can compete with imported rice.

02:04 We, the local producers, are affected by this.

02:09 According to those like Anong,

02:12 the government should have supported them.

02:16 If someone is not a real farmer,

02:19 they should be the one receiving the aid.

02:22 If there's any help,

02:24 aside from the small amount,

02:26 it's too late or the farm is finished.

02:29 I hope so.

02:30 We, the actual tailors of the land,

02:33 are the only ones who hear about this.

02:37 The farmers are always saying that it's the backbone of the economy.

02:40 The backbone of the economy is osteoporosis

02:42 because of the hardship of the debt that is being taken away.

02:46 From Balunggaw, Pangasinan, Kary Kator, CNN Philippines.

Ilang magsasaka sa Pangasinan sinimulan na mag-ani ng palay | News Night

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