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00:00Food and rice sufficiency and the revival of our farmers from El Nino are some of the challenges that the country is facing.

00:09We will discuss that and other big issues in the agriculture sector with Agriculture Secretary Francisco T. Laurel Jr.

00:17Good morning and welcome to Balitang Hari, Secretary.

00:20Good morning to everyone listening. Good morning.

00:24Yes. We will just hear, Secretary, on the recovery of the agriculture sector.

00:29After El Nino.

00:32Well, I expect that the situation will get better because of El Nino.

00:39Whatever we do, if there's no water, it's really difficult.

00:43Now that we have water, we just need to manage it well.

00:48It's better to have water than nothing, right?

00:52Yes, sir.

00:53The DA is providing all the seeds and fertilizers that are needed.

01:00It's being deployed so that during the rainy season, when there's water, we can plant right away.

01:07What about the irrigation problem, Secretary? Do we have concrete solutions?

01:13The NIA and Bureau of Soils and Water Management of the DA are continuing their projects.

01:19I'm fast-tracking all the irrigation projects.

01:24Plus, the NIA is bidding P12 billion to install additional solar irrigation water systems in un-irrigated areas.

01:38This is a big help for our farmers.

01:42Of course, we need more, but at least there's a big fund and equipment that will be installed.

01:50Within this year, it will be implemented.

01:53Secretary, one of the promises of PBBM to the people,

01:58of course, he said that there will be 20 pesos per kilo of rice.

02:04Is there still hope that this will be implemented, Secretary?

02:09We are trying our best to figure out.

02:14We are thinking about this almost every week.

02:17This is the major topic here on how to lower it to the level of 20 pesos.

02:22That's why we started our initial target because it's a step-by-step approach.

02:29So if we can achieve and make sustainable the 29 pesos rice for our disadvantaged, for our Katiwa Center,

02:40then of course, if we can achieve our initial target, then we will try to expand this to try to lower it to 20 pesos.

02:55It involves a lot of things.

02:57This is a whole-of-DA, whole-of-nation approach that is needed.

03:01This is from the price of seeds, from the need for post-harvest, the need for cattle, the need for fertilizer.

03:11We need a higher recovery in drying from 55 percent.

03:17We need to reach 65 to 67 percent.

03:21And then we have to produce more per hectare, not just 4 tons per hectare.

03:26We need to achieve 6 to 7 tons or hopefully 8 tons per hectare.

03:31Then the price will go down if we can achieve all of this.

03:37Secretary, do you think that by the end of the term of our President,

03:41we can achieve the 67 percent that we expect for this to be good news?

03:47That depends. We are trying our best.

03:52The only problem with the government is the bureaucracy of beating out.

03:57That's my biggest issue, the bureaucracy.

04:04We have given funds for this year and next year.

04:07Hopefully, in 2026 and 2027, we will continue to give enough funds to construct everything that we need to do.

04:16Okay.

04:17The so-called rice tariffication repeal in this law, do you think it will help or if it is removed completely,

04:28it will be harmful and we will not be able to provide protection to our so-called rice efficiency?

04:36The rice tarification law will expire soon.

04:40But the position of the DA is that it needs to be continued.

04:44The Congress and the Senate seem to be in agreement, but their direction is not.

04:49I'm hopeful that this will be extended to give more support to our farmers, especially rice.

04:58We need to extend this RTL.

05:02All right. We wish you well sir in all of the plans of the DA.

05:06Thank you for your time in our news this afternoon.

05:09Thank you.

05:11That was Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.

05:41Thank you.

Panayam kay Sec. Fransisco Tiu Laurel Jr. ng Department of Agriculture | Balitanghali

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