D.A., target palawigin ng isang taon ang trial period ng P29 Rice Program para mas maraming mahihirap na Pilipino ang mabenepisyuhan ng murang bigas
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00:00The target of the Agriculture Department is to extend the trial period of selling 29 pesos or 29 pesos per kilo of rice for a year
00:10because aside from helping more Filipinos, they also aim at how to make the program sustainable.
00:17This is Ula T. Claizel Pardilla.
00:21If the Department of Agriculture is not allocating 29 pesos of rice,
00:27the budget of Nanay Flor is not enough.
00:30We are having a hard time because the price of rice is so high.
00:35We have to travel a lot.
00:38According to the price monitoring of the DA,
00:40the price of regular milled rice ranges from 45 to 52 pesos per kilo.
00:47While the price of well-milled rice reaches 55 pesos.
00:52It is far from the 29 pesos of rice under the P29 program of the DA
00:58that is being sold to the poorest Filipinos,
01:02such as the elderly, single parents, solo parents, and 4Ps.
01:08I hope it will last forever.
01:10Why?
01:12So that we can save money.
01:14The target of the DA is to extend the trial period of the 29 rice program for a year
01:21or the sale of P29 rice.
01:24It is far from the poor Filipinos who can benefit from cheap rice.
01:30The DA wants to know if the government can sell cheap rice for a long time
01:37and what needs to be done to make the program sustainable.
01:42For now, the supply is being taken from the old stock of the National Food Authority.
01:48The program is expected to be implemented by the next administration
01:54and if necessary, rice will be exported with the help of Food Terminal Incorporated.
02:00Since the price of rice has fallen in the market,
02:04the DA plans to lower the current price of P29 rice.
02:11We can still lower it if there is another support.
02:16It could be that the production cost will be lowered,
02:20the importation cost will be lowered,
02:24and there will be additional subsidy from the government.
02:29It could be a combination of several factors.
02:32The DA hopes that the price of rice will be lowered in the markets.
02:36Because the imported rice in the Philippines is starting to arrive
02:41with a lower price than the Executive Order No. 62.
02:4735,000 metric tons of imported rice with a 15% price has arrived in the country.
02:55The DA thinks that the price will be around P41 to P49 in the markets.
03:02In August, you can really feel it.
03:06It has already entered the markets, but not that much.
03:13That is why the DA is also pushing for the Rice For All Program,
03:17where P45 to P48 per kilo of rice will be sold in Kadihwa Stores.
03:25Kadihwa Stores in Bacoor, Laguna, Bulacan, and Lungsud in Metro Manila are open for today.
03:33Kalei Zalpardilla for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.