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00:00More than 5 million sacks of rice in the country are wasted every year according to a study.

00:07That's why the Department of Agriculture is helping to sell half-rice for food.

00:12Breaking news from Bernadette Reyes.

00:18You can really make your food delicious if you have unli rice in a restaurant or a karenderia.

00:23But sometimes the ending is just a waste of unfinished rice.

00:27In this restaurant, a plastic sack of rice is wasted every day.

00:32In every day, we have half-rice or sometimes one-fourth.

00:41In another study, it was found that more than 6.5 grams of rice is wasted by a Filipino every day.

00:49Even though it's just more than one spoon, if combined, it's equivalent to 255,000 metric tons of rice per year,

00:57or equivalent to more than 5 million sacks.

01:00So if we combine it with all the population during that year,

01:04it can feed 2.79 million Filipinos for a year.

01:08Nanay Rosy feels bad when she sees unfinished rice.

01:13I don't like it. I get angry when it's not finished.

01:16I told them to eat what they can finish.

01:19To avoid food wastage, the Department of Agriculture is supporting

01:24the program to have half-rice serving in restaurants and karenderia like this.

01:29For the record, the Secretary wants to revive the bill that offers half-rice.

01:35For example, the 255,000 metric tons at Php 43 per kilo,

01:42that will translate to about Php 3.6 billion worth of rice annually.

01:50So that's a big fund.

01:52As of now, according to PhilRice, there are 47 local ordinances

01:57for the sale of half-rice in restaurants.

02:00But the company says it's a nationwide target.

02:03Even to the government agencies,

02:05before there's an executive order to promote the sale of half-rice

02:09to restaurants across the country.

02:11It's in favor of those who can afford to eat half-rice.

02:14It's just right. It's not too much.

02:16Most of the restaurants, there's a lot of food left.

02:19It's a waste. I'll throw away the food.

02:21But while there's no EO, according to PhilRice,

02:23especially on the left and right, the preparations and reunions...

02:27We don't want to be blind. We just want to get a little bit.

02:32Bernadette Reyes reporting for GMA Integrated News.

PhilRice - 255,000 metric tons ng bigas, nasasayang sa Pilipinas kada taon | Balitanghali

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