Produksiyon ng palay, tumaas sa unang 6 na buwan ng 2023

Transcript

00:00 President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. praised the huge increase in rice production in the first six months of the year.

00:09 The President put this in his office.

00:12 The Economic Development Group is with DA Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban,

00:18 based on the data of the PSO, Philippine Statistics Office.

00:22 The output of rice from January to June is 9 million metric tons.

00:28 More than 8.7 million metric tons were produced at the same time last year and in 2021.

00:37 According to the President, this is a good news,

00:40 especially since it will help ensure that the rice supply will be sufficient until the end of the year,

00:47 despite the effects of the recent typhoons.

00:50 DA Undersecretary for Rice Industry Development, Leocadio Sebastian, also noted that rice production

00:58 could exceed 20 million metric tons this year in the other side of the rice fields.

01:05 He hopes that rice production will be able to help with the interventions implemented by the DA,

01:12 such as the distribution of rice, fertilizer, biofertilizer and even machines, farm machinery extension support.

01:21 Based on the data, the government has again confirmed that there will be no shortage of rice supply.

01:27 The private sector was also surprised by President Marcos Jr.

01:32 that there are reports of imported rice this month and in the month of September.

01:39 [MUSIC PLAYING]