DA, target na palawigin pa sa isang taon ang trial period sa pagbebenta ng P29/kg na bigas

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00:00The target of the Department of Agriculture is to extend the trial period of selling 29 pesos per kilo of rice for more than a year.

00:08Aside from helping more Filipinos, they can also focus on what needs to be done to make the program last longer.

00:17This is the surprise of Clayzel Pardilla.

00:22If the Department of Agriculture is not allocating 29 pesos of rice,

00:27the budget of Nanay Floor will surely run out.

00:31We are having a hard time.

00:33The rice is expensive.

00:35That's why we are going far.

00:37According to the price monitoring of the DA,

00:41the 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

01:21or the sale of the P29 rice.

01:24It is far from the situation where more poor Filipinos can benefit from cheap rice.

01:30It is nice to know if the government can sell cheap rice for a long time

01:37and focus on what needs to be done to make the program sustainable.

01:42For now, the supply is being taken from the old stockings of the National Food Authority.

01:47The contract growing program of the National Irrigation Administration is expected to be implemented

01:54and if necessary, rice will be imported with the help of Food Terminal Incorporated.

02:00In case the price of rice falls in the upcoming market,

02:04the DA plans to lower the current price of 29 pesos of rice.

02:11We can still lower it if there is other support.

02:17It could be that the production cost will be lowered,

02:20the importation cost will be lowered,

02:24and there will be an 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 price of 15% has already arrived in the country.

02:54According to the DA, the price will be around 41 to 49 pesos 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,

03:18where 45 to 48 pesos per kilo of rice will be sold in Kadiwa Stores.

03:25For now, Kadiwa Stores in Bacoor, Laguna, Bulacan, and Lungsud in Metro Manila are open.

03:33Kalei Zalpardilla for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.