Inangkat na bigas noong 2024, umabot sa 4.7-M metric tons; DA - bumaba ang produksyon dahil sa El Niño at La Niña

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Malapit na ang anihan kaya nababahala ang isang grupo ng magsasaka na nalulugi umano sa pagbaha ng imported rice na inangkat nitong 2024. Sagot naman ng Agriculture Department, bumaba ang lokal na produksyon na apektado ng El Niño at La Niña.

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00:00The harvest is near, so it's up to a group of farmers

00:05who are losing money in the import of imported rice that was harvested in 2024.

00:11According to the Agriculture Department,

00:13local production is declining, affected by El Niño and La Niña.

00:18This is Bernadette Reyes.

00:23The rice harvested in 2024 reached 4.7 million metric tons.

00:28This is the record high, or highest record of rice harvested in the Philippines.

00:33The harvest decreased by one year compared to 2023, according to the Department of Agriculture.

00:39According to the Department of Agriculture,

00:41imported rice in the country increased,

00:43not only because of the local supply,

00:45but also because of the decrease in the rice tariff by 15 percent from the previous 35 percent.

00:51Although the importation of rice in 2024 increased,

00:56local production decreased a lot.

00:59The reduction and import were very significant.

01:03Of course, it was compensated for by our losses

01:06because of El Niño, the next typhoon, and La Niña.

01:11This 4.7 could also be reflective

01:15that the smuggled rice is no longer very limited.

01:22A group of farmers is worried

01:24because the Filipino farmers will be affected by the import.

01:28The rice harvest will reach March.

01:31The importation of imported rice in our market

01:35will really lower the price of rice.

01:38Our consumers are not benefiting.

01:42The rice in the market is still expensive.

01:44In Murphy Public Market in Quezon City,

01:46some imported rice costs P60.

01:49It's still the same.

01:50Some prices are lower, but others are still the same.

01:55In the Department of Agriculture,

01:57our mandate and focus is local production.

02:02Importation is entirely out of the government's hands.

02:07For GMA Integrated News,

02:09Bernadette Reyes,

02:10Tutok, 24 Hours.

02:19For GMA Integrated News, Bernadette Reyes, Tutok, 24 Hours.

Inangkat na bigas noong 2024, umabot sa 4.7-M metric tons; DA - bumaba ang produksyon dahil sa El Niño at La Niña | 24 Oras

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