P29/kg na bigas, target ibenta ng NIA simula sa Agosto
P29/kg na bigas, target ibenta ng NIA simula sa Agosto;
Pagbebenta ng P20/kg bigas sa ilang Kadiwa stores, sinimulan na din ng ahensiya
Pagbebenta ng P20/kg bigas sa ilang Kadiwa stores, sinimulan na din ng ahensiya
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00:00 The National Irrigation Administration will start selling cheaper rice by August.
00:07 But before that,
00:08 we can also ask for a 20 pesos per kilo of rice from some stores
00:14 that are grateful to the farmers
00:16 under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.
00:20 Ken and Paciente are in the center of the news.
00:22 I'm looking forward to buying rice from Ismael.
00:27 Because of the high price of rice now,
00:30 his budget cannot afford to buy a lot.
00:33 Before, I could buy a sack.
00:39 But now, it's not anymore.
00:43 Because it's rising.
00:45 Those like Ismael who are holding on to the belt
00:48 that the government wants to help.
00:50 That's why the National Irrigation Administration, or NIA,
00:53 is already planning to sell 29 pesos worth of rice in August.
00:58 According to NIA Administrator Eduardo Guillen,
01:00 NIA is expecting to have 100 million kilos of rice
01:04 in the next month,
01:06 which is part of their contract farming.
01:08 The contribution of NIA here is,
01:10 our contract farming is in 40,000 hectares.
01:14 So, what we're expected to produce is around 500 tons.
01:20 We have around 200,000 metric tons.
01:22 So, we're only half of the rice.
01:24 So, we have 100 million kilos of rice.
01:28 The cheap rice can be bought by buyers
01:30 from the President's store
01:32 and is expected to be sold in Metro Manila,
01:35 Cebu, and Davao.
01:36 Maybe one family, 10 kilos per family.
01:39 Because according to the DA,
01:40 the President's store is continuously selling rice.
01:45 So, we're selling it every five days.
01:48 NIA has also started selling
01:50 rice worth 20 pesos in their region.
01:53 This is an initiative of some Irrigators Association
01:56 to thank the government.
01:58 They said, when I talked to them,
02:00 as a thank you to the government
02:02 for the help they receive,
02:07 they are also offering 20 pesos of rice.
02:10 NIA has given the Agriculture Department
02:13 the opportunity to take part in this initiative.
02:14 Kenneth Paciente,
02:16 for Pambansang TV, in Bagong, Philippines.