D.A., tiniyak ang sapat na supply ng bigas sa panahon ng kalamidad o emergency

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D.A., tiniyak ang sapat na supply ng bigas sa panahon ng kalamidad o emergency;  NFA, may sapat din na pondo para makabili ng higit 7-M na sako ng palay sa huling bahagi ng taon  For more news, visit:  ►https://www.ptvnews.ph/  Subscribe to our DailyMotion Channel: ►http://www.dailymotion.com/peoples-television-incorporated  Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ►http://www.youtube.com/ptvphilippines  Like our Facebook pages: ►PTV: http://facebook.com/PTVph  ►Rise and Shine Pilipinas: https://www.facebook.com/riseandshinepilipinas  Follow us on Twitter:  ►http://twitter.com/PTVph  Follow us on Instagram: ►https://www.instagram.com/ptvph  Watch our livestream on:  ►http://ptvnews.ph/livestream/ ►https://www.dailymotion.com/PTVPhilippines  Watch our News Programs, every Mondays to Fridays  Rise and Shine Pilipinas - 6:00 - 8:00 am Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon - 12:00 - 1:00 pm Sentro Balita - 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Ulat Bayan - 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PTV News Tonight -  9:30 pm - 10:30 pm  Saturday & Sunday: ►Ulat Bayan Weekend - 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm

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00:00In the face of calamities that hit the country, the Department of Agriculture announced that the Philippines has a sufficient supply of rice until the end of the year.

00:10Aside from this, the purchase of rice in the last part of 2024 did not cause any problems.

00:17Clayzel Pardilla is in the Central News Live.

00:21Yes Angelique, the Department of Agriculture and the National Food Authority assured that there is a sufficient supply in the face of calamities or calamities that will come.

00:34The Department of Agriculture assured that there is a sufficient supply of rice in the face of calamities or emergencies.

00:41According to the D.A., 2 million sacks of rice were imported to the warehouses of the National Food Authority in various parts of the country.

00:49This is part of the preparation of the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for the possible effects of the floods.

00:56In fact, this is the first time in nine years that we have rice.

01:00Hopefully, by the end of the year, we will get sacks of about 3 million sacks of rice from our NFA.

01:07Hopefully, our target is to achieve a 15-day buffer stock.

01:13The NFA is using rice for the relief operations of the government whenever there is calamity.

01:18According to the NFA, the agency still has 11 million pesos in the fund, which is enough to buy more than 7 million sacks of rice in the last quarter of the year.

01:29The procurement price ranges from P23 to P30, or the NFA buys from dry and clean rice, while P17 to P23 from wet rice.

01:39But according to the Federation of Free Farmers, traders in Palay are buying cheaply in the face of the gradual arrival of imported rice, which is sold at a lower price.

01:50It is very worrisome for us now because the price of rice is already falling.

01:57The equivalent dry price is P23 to P25.

02:03It is already a bit thin because their inputs are increasing, such as abolo and gasoline for irrigation.

02:13Hopefully, they will recover from El Nino.

02:17They are worried that the price of rice will fall even more when the harvest season peaks.

02:22That's why the group decided to return the old price of imported rice.

02:27When the harvest season comes, there will be a lot of supply because the farmers are increasing.

02:32That's the time when they should return the old price of rice to 35 percent.

02:37They don't need to import rice at that time because there are a lot of rice being harvested.

02:44The supply in the market is so high that the price of rice will fall even more.

02:51The NFA will visit the farmers to choose the rice of the farmers in a reasonable and affordable price.

03:01The agency also prepared their facilities to receive and lend their drying equipment to the farmers

03:11so that their rice can be dried and sold at a higher price.

03:17That's the latest from Quezon City.

03:20Back to you, Angelique.

03:21Yes, Clazel.

03:22I remember in an interview, Secretary Francisco Chulaurel mentioned that

03:28he didn't want the price of imported rice to fall for a long time.

03:36He said that it will be around November.

03:38What is the latest up to that point?

03:42Yes, Angelique.

03:43The first thing that the Agriculture Secretary Chulaurel, Jr. said was that

03:48the agency will recommend to return the current price of 15 percent of rice to 35 percent

03:59if the price of imported rice falls during the harvest season.

04:07We are waiting for the approval of the Department of Agriculture

04:11if the price of imported rice will still be the same.

04:14If you remember, Secretary Chulaurel also mentioned that

04:19this is also an import arrival.

04:21This is one of the things that will lower the price of rice to 5 to 7 pesos

04:29in retail markets.

04:31Angelique?

04:32Thank you so much, Clazel Pardilla.

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