00:00 Senator Grace Poe sounded the alarm on India's decision to bond the export of non-basmati
00:05 rice to help bring down persistent and rising domestic inflation.
00:09 The world's largest democracy and one of the country's top suppliers of the national grain
00:14 announced two weeks ago on July 20 it was halting shipments of all types of rice except
00:20 for the non-basmati type, leaving the country having to look elsewhere for the jasmine and
00:25 milagrosa grains that could cost more in other countries.
00:29 This grain ban leaves the country having to fill out at least 10,000 metric tons in rice
00:33 supply shortfall that could have serious repercussions if this dirt is not covered soon.
00:39 "Nasa 36 per kilo ngayon ang pinakamura.
00:44 Sana hindi tayo abuti ng taggutom ng walang maayos na plano."
00:49 "We all know that food security is national security.
00:51 The inability to feed our people is a national security issue.
00:57 Kaya pumigil na yung India.
00:59 Kung ganyan na po yung rioting sa India.
01:01 We can have rice producing zones.
01:03 Alam ko Nueva Ecija, Central Luzon, that's a large rice producing zone.
01:07 Sa Mindanao, parts of Bukidnon and parts of Mindanao are rice producing zones.
01:13 We can even designate barm areas.
01:15 Maguindanao has a very good possible rice producing zone."
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