PSA: 21 sa 34 na agricultural products, tumaas ang presyo sa unang bahagi ng Pebrero | UB
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Transcript
00:00 More than 20 agricultural products have increased their prices based on the monitoring of the Philippine Statistics Authority.
00:07 Let's see what are those from our guest, Maris Umali, who is in the Commonwealth Market in Quezon City.
00:14 Maris.
00:16 Ivan, 21 out of 34 agricultural products have increased or increased their prices in the first half of February according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.
00:29 And Ivan, according to the PSA, the highest price is for tomatoes.
00:36 Oh no, bad news for those who want to saute.
00:41 Because these tomatoes, from January when it was at P50, now it's at P90.
00:47 This calamansi, per kilo, P60 in January, now it's P90 in February.
00:53 Then we go to eggplant, here's the eggplant, from P40, it's now at P60 in February.
01:01 And this is bitter melon, it ranges from P50 to P60, the price is now at P80 to P100 in February.
01:09 But for those who want to saute, our ginger, garlic, and the chili paste, there, they're a bit far away,
01:21 they're still at the same price, the ginger is P80, the garlic is P140, and the chili paste is at P50 per kilo.
01:29 But for those who want to saute, they'll use onions and the chili paste, here's our onions and the chili paste,
01:38 the price dropped from P140 to P70, while the chili paste is at P100 to P80 in February.
01:48 At this point, we'll talk to the President of SINAG or the Agricultural Industry, Mr. Rosendo So,
01:58 to tell us what is the reason for the price increase of some of the main agricultural products.
02:05 Good morning to you, Mr. Rosendo So.
02:08 Good morning, Ma'am Mary.
02:14 First of all, what is the reason for the price increase of some of the main agricultural products?
02:20 21 out of 34 products have increased their prices, Sir.
02:25 Yeah, so far, the others haven't increased much.
02:29 There's only a small difference.
02:31 The tomatoes are really big because if we see, in November and December, the prices really dropped.
02:43 The others started planting, so the tomatoes increased.
02:49 But we are seeing that our farmers are also planting,
02:56 so we expect that by 30 to 45 days, the prices of tomatoes will normalize.
03:07 So, will it take another month before the prices of these main vegetables will drop?
03:14 The tomatoes, we are seeing that it will take another 30 days.
03:19 But the other commodities, vegetables, are still a bit low.
03:26 The upland vegetables and lowland vegetables are still a bit low.
03:33 So, we expect that the prices will normalize.
03:38 Sir, because…
03:39 Oh, go ahead.
03:40 These are the products that have increased their prices, especially the tomatoes.
03:47 We really need to cook them every day.
03:51 Is there any help that you are giving to your community and to our farmers,
03:57 the government, so that they can help normalize the prices and they won't have a hard time selling because of the high prices?
04:08 Yes, the seeds, our Department of Agriculture is giving seeds to plant again.
04:17 So, that will help to lower the prices.
04:20 But of course, it won't be that fast. It will take 30 to 45 days.
04:27 But these farmers, what is the effect on them?
04:36 Give us a picture of their situation now, where the prices of their products have really increased.
04:49 Yes, Marisa, the prices of the farmers have decreased.
04:54 Remember last year, the prices of tomatoes really dropped.
04:59 It even reached 8 pesos per kilo.
05:06 Then it went down to 8 pesos.
05:09 So, the other areas really reduced the prices of tomatoes.
05:15 But of course, after that, the effect is the increase.
05:20 That's why the national planning of planting and fixing,
05:26 so that it won't suddenly increase and the farmers will plant again.
05:37 If there are a lot of them, the prices will drop again.
05:42 Do you have any concerns that we might run out of vegetables later?
05:51 Because of the lack of farmers who are planting these products?
05:56 No, Marisa. They are planting again.
06:03 So, we expect that it will go down again.
06:08 They are planting again?
06:09 Yes.
06:10 Lastly, what do you want to say to our voters who are suffering from the high prices of some of the main agricultural products?
06:23 Yes, the other vegetables, Marisa, we saw that the prices are low.
06:31 So, we expect that the lower prices of vegetables will be the biggest thing that our consumers will buy.
06:44 If we see the commodities, there are a lot of vegetables that are lower in price.
06:57 Alright. Thank you very much for the information you gave us.
07:01 For your time, this is Ginoong Rosendo So, the President of SINAG or Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura.
07:06 Good morning to all of you.
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