Punto de Vista: Phl, pinakamalaking rice importer batay sa pagtataya ng U.S. dept. of agriculture

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00:00 It's still about rice and why should the country import rice.

00:04 That's what Professor Antonio Contreras is trying to explain from the point of view.

00:09 Thank you very much, Joshua.

00:17 They say rice is life.

00:21 For the Filipinos, rice is life.

00:26 And we heard the news earlier that we are the top importer of rice in the world.

00:33 Last year, we surpassed China.

00:36 We maintained it and we are still number one.

00:40 Rice is really important.

00:42 It is projected that we will import 3.8 million tons of rice in 2024.

00:53 It's important.

00:55 That's why there are laws that are being passed to ensure the sufficient rice supply.

01:05 But despite this, we should talk about how we are wasting rice.

01:13 Because we will ask, we will import, of course, because we are short of supply.

01:18 That's why we need to regulate the import.

01:24 But did you know, according to statistics,

01:26 every Filipino is wasting almost two spoons of rice.

01:33 We are wasting two spoons.

01:36 So per Filipino, we waste two spoons of rice.

01:41 That's equivalent to 10 grams.

01:45 This is equivalent to 7.2 million pesos a year that 2.5 million Filipinos can eat.

01:54 384,000 metric tons is the equivalent of our wastage of rice.

02:00 That's about 10 percent of the projected import this year.

02:05 10 percent of what we import, we should not import if we are not wasting rice.

02:15 We have noticed this.

02:17 In fact, I think last year, our Secretary Pascual made a statement that we should eat less rice.

02:31 People reacted to this.

02:34 He's a senator.

02:35 But to be honest, if we are wasting rice, we should eat less rice.

02:43 Maybe we should just eat our food here.

02:46 Let's not be too stingy.

02:47 Unle-rice is also a good thing.

02:50 You see, there's unle-rice.

02:52 We want unle-rice.

02:53 Almost all restaurants are doing a promo, but they are not wasting it.

02:57 Our so-called agricultural practice,

03:02 the boodle fight,

03:06 it's also a good thing.

03:09 Not only because there are wasteful foods,

03:13 but also because what we are left with is not all the food we eat.

03:17 But if we don't eat it, we can't eat more.

03:19 Rice is important in our lives.

03:22 All important things are taken care of.

03:25 All important things are not wasted.

03:28 If rice is really life,

03:31 let's not be too...

03:35 If we want to eat, we will get a lot, but we will not eat it all.

03:42 And maybe, let's listen to what other experts are saying.

03:45 It's time to look at alternatives to rice that we don't notice,

03:52 like corn, sweet potatoes,

03:54 wooden sweet potatoes, and root crops.

03:56 Because we know that too much rice,

03:59 we are too fond of rice,

04:01 it's bad for our health.

04:03 Our blood sugar rises.

04:05 But we know that for other people,

04:08 they just eat it, they don't have any salt.

04:12 Or sugar.

04:13 But, even so,

04:16 let's give it importance.

04:18 Because you know, in economics,

04:20 if there is a shortage,

04:22 and we import,

04:24 there will be an issue.

04:26 The price of rice will increase.

04:30 10%!

04:32 10% of what we should import this year,

04:36 will be wasted.

04:38 Let's think about that.

04:40 It's not good to be too greedy,

04:44 but we should not waste it.

04:46 Because rice is very important.

04:48 I will repeat it.

04:50 All that is important,

04:52 if rice is important,

04:54 let's not waste it.

04:56 Let's take care of it.

04:58 Let's make sure that we don't get sick from it.

05:00 So, rice is life.

05:02 Of course.

05:04 But we have to make sure that we eat rice wisely.

05:08 Let's not waste rice.

05:13 Because it is important to us.

05:17 So, that's all Joshua.

05:19 That's my point of view for today.

05:21 I'll be back in the studio.

05:23 >> [FOREIGN]

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