DA eyes to eliminate middlemen from transactions involving agri commodities to help lower prices
DA eyes to eliminate middlemen from transactions involving agri commodities to help lower prices
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00:00 In the meantime, the Department of Agriculture or DAI is to remove middlemen or traders to help lower the prices of agricultural commodities in line with the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcus Jr.
00:12 This measure is expected to help consumers affected by the possible price increase on food prices such as pork and chicken.
00:20 According to the agency's price monitoring, the price per kilogram of pork rose to 20 pesos while chicken prices went up to 220 pesos per kilogram.
00:30 The so-called middlemen are okay if there are one, sometimes two or three. That's where the price increases.
00:39 This will be a win-win solution in the market and also in the farm gate.