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DA, pinaiigting ang pagtulong sa onion farmers sa Nueva Ecija at Tarlac na apektado ng harabas
DA, pinaiigting ang pagtulong sa onion farmers sa Nueva Ecija at Tarlac na apektado ng harabas
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00:00 Department of Agriculture,
00:02 the Army Worms' mission to plant onions in Nueva Ecija and Tarlac is still in progress.
00:10 It's getting closer.
00:13 Clay Sol Pardilla is in the center of the news.
00:16 The problem is that the onions are too big and too expensive to plant in Bangay Pesa, Bungabon, Nueva Ecija.
00:26 We asked the big buyers why they are not buying the onions.
00:32 They said that our market is full of imported onions.
00:36 So we are not buying the onions because the buyers don't know how to buy from us.
00:43 But before the onions can be planted, some parts of his farm are already affected by the pest.
00:49 The leaves of the onions planted in this farm are already infected by the pest.
00:56 The farmers are afraid that if they don't buy from their owners,
01:02 the pests and the fruits of the onions will be destroyed.
01:07 If that happens, the onions will be destroyed and no one will be left.
01:11 That means they will not be able to earn.
01:14 We feel that if the onions are imported,
01:20 the market will be affected because that's what the buyers are fighting for.
01:25 We are poor farmers.
01:27 Jimbo already planted his onions.
01:32 He sold and bought 20 pesos per kilo.
01:36 We already planted 20 onions here.
01:40 We will just give it to the Christians.
01:45 We will give it to them in 1918.
01:53 We will just give it back.
01:55 We will just give it back.
02:02 We will just give it back.
02:08 In Metro Manila, the barangay pesa usually plant their onions.
02:13 But some traders were able to sell their onions to the NCR.
02:17 They just order every other day.
02:22 They only sell 50 bags.
02:24 Before, they sell 300 bags.
02:27 They don't order anymore because there are a lot of imported onions.
02:34 The farmers are calling for their onions to be sold.
02:38 They are crying.
02:40 We don't have any.
02:45 Our production cost is almost 18 pesos.
02:50 The price is low.
02:53 No buyer has come to us.
02:55 Maybe we can plant our onions in the next planting season.
03:01 Maybe it will decrease.
03:04 Maybe it will not be reduced by 50%.
03:07 The Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura said that many farmers were deceived
03:13 because of the good price last year.
03:16 According to the group, the production of onions increased by 35%.
03:21 The import of imported onions was delayed
03:26 since the last year's importation.
03:29 By February, there should be no issue with the permit.
03:34 So that the March harvest is not affected.
03:39 We hope that the price of onions will be maintained at 35 to 50
03:46 so that the farmers will not be deceived.
03:48 Maybe the government should help
03:53 to sell the big onions so that we can buy from restaurants
04:01 that are importing white onions.
04:04 According to the Bureau of Plant Industry,
04:06 there is no issue with the permit for the import of onions this 2024.
04:11 The non-users of clearance are also being denied.
04:14 The Agriculture Department admitted that the production of onions is now active.
04:21 The agency is now coordinating with the affected farmers.
04:25 The DA can always help them through our Kadiwa system,
04:30 either mobile or through established Kadiwa.
04:34 We also have a marketing link with the existing buyers of onions.
04:42 The farmers will also receive 20.3 million pesos worth of onion seeds.
04:48 Four storage facilities worth 168 million pesos
04:54 will be provided to the onion producing areas
04:57 where the onions can be stored and used in the needed time.
05:02 The DA assured that there will be no major impact of the Harabas attack.
05:07 In more than 10,000 hectares of onion farm,
05:10 only 370 hectares were affected
05:13 in Bungabon, Talavera, Palayan, Nueva Ecija, and Anao at San Manuel, Tarlac.
05:19 Kalei zalpordilia para sa bayan.
05:23 And just in time for the latest news,
05:27 the Department of Agriculture has ordered
05:30 the temporary suspension of the importation of onions until May
05:35 and possibly extended until July
05:38 to give priority to local supply.
05:41 For now, it will be returned to the time when the supply is insufficient
05:45 in the face of the El Nino invasion.