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DA, tiwalang hindi babaha ng imported rice sa kabila ng mababang taripa
DA, tiwalang hindi babaha ng imported rice sa kabila ng mababang taripa
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00:00Naomi, the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is aiming for a sufficient supply and affordable price of food.
00:10Even though he is the best-performing man in the Philippines in Asia, it doesn't matter.
00:14President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said that if the price of food is expensive, particularly rice,
00:19which is said to be the end of the war in other countries and the dryness of the El Niño,
00:24the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is aiming for a sufficient supply and affordable price of food.
00:29In his State of the Nation Address, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. asked for an all-time-high rice production
00:35that reached more than 20 million metric tons.
00:39More than 100 million hectares were distributed to farmers, 300 livestock and 500,000 fingerlings.
00:46The areas that can be used for food production were expanded by giving more than 130,000 hectares of land.
00:56According to Agriculture Secretary Francisco T. Laurel Jr.,
00:59this proves President Marcos Jr.'s clear desire to use food security.
01:06Here is his statement.
01:08It just shows how the President is on top of the situation.
01:13Although we do have a problem,
01:15but as you can see, all aspects from planting to harvesting,
01:21the sale of fish, the ports that are needed,
01:25he knows that we are focused on that.
01:27It is very important that the President's support is there in our agricultural sector.
01:33In order to ensure the production of food,
01:36the water supply is focused on farmers.
01:39More than 45,000 hectares of land will be irrigated and irrigated
01:45in almost 38,000 areas.
01:48The National Irrigation Administration targets to build multipurpose dams and solar irrigations.
01:54The cropping season or planting season will be three times per year
01:59and 600,000 hectares of land will be harvested per hectare.
02:05We will ensure that the inputs that the DA and the President will bring to our farmers
02:14should be given to our farmers prior to releasing water.
02:17That would ensure the increase of our yield.
02:21If you can only increase 6 tons per hectare, then we are food secure.
02:26While the local production is in full swing,
02:28according to the National Economic and Development Authority,
02:31UNEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan is working on an interim solution
02:36to ensure that the price of food can be reached
02:39through an interim reduction of the tariffs on rice and other agricultural products.
02:46Part of the temporary solution was to reduce the tariff
02:51because if you have elevated prices in the world market
02:55and then you put on top of that a high tariff,
03:00then the more those prices will be felt at the domestic level.
03:05So clearly, part of our policy tools to moderate and stabilize prices is...
03:12Despite the lower tariff,
03:14Agriculture Secretary Teo Laurel Jr. believes that imported rice in the Philippines will not go down.
03:20Because of the programs and plans of the Marcos Administration,
03:25one to two percent of the agricultural performance of the Philippines is increasing.
03:31And even if that is affected by El Niño, the country and its future.
03:36To make it feel better,
03:38the D.A. in the Philippines will open 1,500 stores in the next three years.
03:45It aims to bring closer to the consumers the cheaper products directly from the farmers.
03:52This is the statement of Secretary Teo Laurel.
03:55Our plan is to eventually have a cooperative run.
03:59So that the farmers and the fishermen can directly go to the consumers.
04:06So that the farmers and fishermen can earn more
04:10and the prices of the consumers will go down.
04:14Profiteering will be reduced if possible.
04:16So that the inflation will also go down.
04:19Aside from increasing the production of rice,
04:22the Administration is also targeting the African Swine Fever.
04:26This year, the D.A. is targeting the controlled vaccination against ASF.
04:33That is the latest from Pasay.
04:35Back to you, Naomi.