Halaga ng pinsala sa agrikultura na dulot ng El Niño, umakyat na sa P2.63-B;
Halaga ng pinsala sa agrikultura na dulot ng El Niño, umakyat na sa P2.63-B;
DA, positibong maaabot ang 20-M metric tons na palay production
DA, positibong maaabot ang 20-M metric tons na palay production
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00:00 More than 2 billion pesos were spent on agriculture
00:06 from the huge amount of money.
00:08 The amount of money is included in the farms of various regions.
00:12 Clayzel Pardilla was surprised.
00:14 From 1.75 billion pesos last month,
00:20 the amount of money spent on agriculture from El Nino has increased to 2.63 billion pesos.
00:27 According to the Department of Agriculture,
00:30 Palayans, corn and several crops of vegetables are the most abundant in Mimaropa, Central Zone, Calabar Zone and 7 other regions in the Philippines.
00:40 But the DA is surprised.
00:42 It's not that big in terms of total area.
00:46 Because the area that we planted rice is almost 1 million hectares.
00:52 This is only 10,000 hectares.
00:54 So it's only about 1% of the total area.
00:56 But because the effects of El Nino are still spreading,
01:00 the farmers are still hoping that the price of rice will go down.
01:04 To be honest, we are at the height of El Nino now.
01:10 Hopefully by end of May, it will go down.
01:14 What we can do is give whatever seeds and fertilizers we can give.
01:24 Even other types of crops so that they can plant without requiring a lot of water.
01:32 Next, the Director of the President's Office, R. Marcos Jr.
01:37 helped the farmers.
01:39 The DA distributed more than 1 billion pesos worth of aid to the affected farmers.
01:46 Like rice, fertilizer, water, loans and insurance.
01:51 The agency is positive that the rice production will still reach 20 million metric tons.
01:58 According to the Philippine Statistics Authority,
02:01 the rice produced in the first quarter of 2024 increased by 4.8 million metric tons.
02:07 The DA is studying the buying price of rice from farmers
02:14 to increase the buffer stock of rice during calamity.
02:19 The procurement price is from 19 to 23 pesos from farmers
02:25 but traders can buy up to 30 pesos.
02:29 According to the DA's price monitoring,
02:32 the local rice is trading at 48 to 66 pesos per kilo.
02:37 We expect that hopefully, it will go down by the second half of this year.
02:43 But as of the moment, since the genuine lingering effects of El Nino,
02:48 I don't think it will go down as of the moment.
02:51 Khalei Zalpardilia for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.
02:57 Peanuts!