00:00 Mayague de Mayo, in the beginning of the month,
00:03 the government said that it is expected to rain in the last part of May.
00:08 A group is worried that the rice supply will be affected.
00:12 This is what Katrina Sun pointed out.
00:14 If the rain is common in the last week of May,
00:20 it is highly likely that it will be affected this year because of the rain in El Nino,
00:26 according to the forecast.
00:27 According to the group of farmers, the rice supply may be affected.
00:54 Because of this, it is possible that the rice will be expensive.
00:57 It is also said that the impact of imported rice and its price will be great.
01:03 The Agriculture Department clarified that the rice supply in the country is sufficient for now.
01:09 A large part of our country, especially our rice granaries,
01:14 has not been affected because our water supplies are still good.
01:18 Even if the rice supply of the first three months of the year is decreasing by 100,000 metric tons,
01:24 it is still very small,
01:25 it is less than 1% of the total rice supply of the country.
01:31 It is very likely that the rice will be expensive.
01:34 If the rains in the country start and the rice buffer stock is needed,
01:39 the buffer stock of the NFA will be sufficient.
01:42 The DA will also support the Congress' amendment to the Rice Tarification Law.
01:47 They only request that the NFA should not be too heavy in sales because it will be too costly.
01:54 We are trying to find a way to listen to every sector affected by this law.
02:01 For GMA Integrated News, Katrina Son.
02:05 [Newsreel]
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