Supply ng bigas sa Pilipinas, tataas sa mga susunod na buwan

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Iigi na raw ang supply ng presyuhan ng bigas sa mga susunod na Linggo — pero sabi ng isang dating agriculture secretary, 'wag magpakakampante.

Isang ahensiya nga ng gobyerno ang nagsabing milyon-milyong toneladang bigas ang posibleng mawala dahil sa El Niño, kaya dapat magtanim ng high-value crops.

Nakatutok si Bernadette Reyes.

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00:00 The supply of rice will be reduced next week, but a former Agriculture Secretary said, "Don't be complacent."

00:09 A government agency said that millions of tons of rice could be lost because of El Niño, so high-value crops should be planted.

00:17 Berna Detreyes was in touch.

00:19 In the last monitoring of the Department of Agriculture, the kilo of regular meal drives is between Php 41 and Php 44.

00:29 While the well-meal is between Php 45 and Php 48.

00:32 But because of the good harvest of farmers, the price of rice in some places is lower than the price of rice that was sealed last month.

00:41 60 to 90 days of buffer stock is needed for the country's supply to be stable.

00:48 But this is more than what the country can reach this year.

00:52 We expect that for the wet season, the biggest harvest will be received this month of October.

01:00 We expect that the national stock inventory will be up to 77 days.

01:07 After the harvest, when November comes, it will reach 94 days.

01:13 According to the Department of Agriculture, aside from the local production of rice,

01:17 there are still 271,000 metric tons of imported rice and it is expected that more will arrive by the end of the year.

01:25 But the chairman of the Federation of Free Farmers Cooperative and the former Secretary of Agriculture Leonardo Montemayor said to be careful with the words they are saying.

01:35 I hope they're not painting an overly rosy picture and then people's expectations will increase.

01:45 Such that they will expect that the price of rice will really drop.

01:51 I would be much more conservative and say maybe it would be in the middle 40s.

01:59 For the Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Incorporated, it is necessary to be careful in importing rice.

02:06 As long as we encourage importation, I always say we will discourage production.

02:12 The National Irrigation Administration is also warning that up to 260,000 hectares of crops in the Ilocos region,

02:20 Central Luzon, Mimaropa, Western and Central Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula and Soxargen may be affected by El Nino.

02:28 They are already cooperating with the DA for the purchase that will be given to farmers.

02:34 For GMA Integrated News, Bernadette Reyes, Nakatutok, 24 Hours.

02:39 [News Anchor]

02:53 [Music]

Supply ng bigas sa Pilipinas, tataas sa mga susunod na buwan | 24 Oras Weekend

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