Farm gate price ng palay, patuloy na bumbaba ngayong Pebrero;

Farm gate price ng palay, patuloy na bumbaba ngayong Pebrero;   Presyo ng bigas, maari pang bumaba sa P45-P48 sa ikatlong linggo ng Marso

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00:00 The farm gate price of rice is slowly going down this February, which is the start of harvest season.

00:07 According to the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura or SINAG, the minimum price of rice will reach 2 pesos.

00:15 In Tayanong Grupo, the price of rice will go down from 50 to 56 pesos, possibly to 45 to 48 pesos

00:24 when the harvest season peaks on the third week of March.

00:28 SINAG is one of the largest group of farmers in the Philippines

00:33 and they believe that the effect of El Niño on rice supply will not be great.

00:37 This is because of the preparation of the Department of Agriculture

00:41 which provides solar pump irrigation, drought resistant rice and wider rice cultivation.

00:48 Aside from water, the Office of the Civil Defense assured that the government is ready to help farmers

00:55 who are experiencing bad effects of El Niño, such as providing insurance and farm input.

01:01 Our harvest is not affected. El Niño is between May. Our harvest is between March and April.

01:12 The direction of Secretary Tico Laurel is to put additional pump in the solar pump in areas that have problems.

01:21 The reduction of rice in the areas affected by the earthquake will replace the areas with additional plants.

01:37 *Dun dun dun*