D.A., kinilala ang malaking papel na ginagampanan ng mga magsasaka at mangingisda sa sektor ng agrikultura at sa ekonomiya ng bansa

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00:00It's not the end of the world for our farmers.

00:04Choose the Philippines Challenge.

00:07Aside from producing different types of rice and paddy,

00:10they also play a big role in the sector of agriculture and in our economy.

00:16This is the story of Clayzel Pardilla.

00:24Choose the Philippines Challenge.

00:27The farmers were honored as part of the celebration of National Farmers and Fisher Folk Month.

00:34The faces of our hardworking farmers,

00:38who grow rice and provide rice,

00:42which is the main food of the Filipinos, were highlighted in the video.

00:47The different varieties of rice and paddy.

00:51PhilRice made a video that already had thousands of reactions.

00:56In National Farmers and Fisher Folk Month,

00:59the Department of Agriculture recognized the big role of our farmers and fishermen

01:05in the sector of agriculture and economy.

01:08Last year, the record high of 20 million metric tons of rice harvest.

01:13Almost 25 million metric tons of rice and vegetables,

01:17and other products.

01:19Their production of fish, chicken, and pork is also 100,000 metric tons.

01:25This production has in turn sustained and supported

01:30our country's robust economic expansion.

01:36As of December,

01:38the agriculture and fisheries sector has created 500,000 new jobs

01:45in the Philippine countryside.

01:48Today, the farmers and cooperatives were honored

01:52with the assistance provided by the DA.

01:56Under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.,

02:01the continued assistance and empowerment of the farmers

02:06to meet the food security,

02:09which is not enough,

02:11if not,

02:12it can be achieved.

02:13Kalay Zalpar Diliya for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.