00:00The National Irrigation Administration is also preparing for the Christine storm.
00:05According to NIA, 300 million pesos has been allocated for the Quick Response Fund.
00:11And their regional offices have also been notified to prepare and coordinate with the farmers to save their crops.
00:20The dams that may have risen due to the storm are being monitored.
00:27NIA has explained that calamity is one of their targets.
00:33In fact, they have added funds for the next year for agricultural technologies to make the agriculture sector more modern.
00:43One of their plans is to change the farming culture and make it science-based.
00:49This includes moving the cropping season earlier so that the storm won't affect the production of the country's food.
01:02The number one solution is to add irrigation facilities to increase the productivity of our farmers.
01:12We are doing something to solve the shortage of rice.
01:23This is what we call increasing the cropping intensity.
