Agriculture Sec. Tiu-Laurel Jr., posibleng irekomenda ang pagtaas ng taripa sa inaangkat na bigas sa oras na bumaba ang presyo nito
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00:00Agriculture Secretary Kiko Tiu-Laurel, Jr. is considering
00:04to increase the price of rice
00:08at a time when the price of rice is already going down.
00:11This is what Clayzel Pardilia has to say.
00:15Agriculture Secretary Kiko Tiu-Laurel, Jr. is considering
00:20to increase the price of rice by November.
00:25This is at the same time as the expected peak of the harvest season
00:29or the time when the price of rice is already high.
00:32But Kiko Tiu-Laurel, Jr. will only do this
00:36when the price of rice goes down.
00:39If it goes down significantly, yes.
00:41If it goes down a little, maybe not yet.
00:43If we can bring it down by P45,
00:47I think that's a big deal, right?
00:50P42 to P45 would be the right range for the moment
00:53considering the world market.
00:55According to Executive Order No. 62,
00:58which is effective from July 5,
01:01from 35 percent,
01:04the tariff on imported rice is reduced by 15 percent,
01:08but it can be reviewed and changed every four months.
01:12Again, the DA insisted
01:14that its goal is to reduce the high price of rice
01:18and help consumers.
01:22While assuring that the price of rice will not go down
01:26and that the local farmers will not be left behind.
01:30We have a program now of giving more inputs to the farmers to augment.
01:35Right now, we are giving rice farmers
01:38two bags of fertilizer per hectare.
01:43I have a study that I will give four, six, or eight.
01:47The DA is also targeting aquaculture
01:50or the proliferation of fish, tilapia, shrimp, and other marine products.
01:56This is important to fill the lack of marine culture or fish
02:01that is said to be depleted due to excessive fishing.
02:07It's really depleted, destroyed, and overexploited.
02:12But of course, it's not a commercial crime.
02:15I think it's everybody who, even the municipal, coastal,
02:20aquaculture is the room for growth
02:24to cover up the gap from the commercial fisheries.
02:29The Philippine Coconut Authority's target
02:32is to increase the production of coconut up to 5% by 2024.
02:37The agency has already planted more than 8 million new coconut trees.
02:43It is necessary to replace the old trees that only produce a little
02:49by increasing the only 1% fertilization rate to 15%.
02:56The PCA said this is important to increase
03:00the 14.89 million metric tons of coconut production by 2023.
03:06This is to meet the needs of coconut products
03:11such as coconut oil that is in demand in the market.
03:15We already have a catch-up plan.
03:21If we are able to implement planting, replanting, and fertilization,
03:26in the next 5 to 10 years,
03:29we will be able to return to the world's coconut producer.
03:35The implementation of the Coconut Farmers Industry Development Fund
03:41will fund the education, skills, health, and medical needs of Filipinos.
03:49Kalei Zalfordilla for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.