00:00Because of the recent typhoons that coincided with the close fishing season,
00:04the price of fish in some places in the country is rising.
00:07So the Department of Agriculture possibly asked to increase the addition of 8,000 metric tons of fish,
00:14even vegetables, if necessary.
00:16Bernadette Reyes has the answer.
00:22This fish farm in Kamaligan, Camariñasur and Kasinguran, Aurora became like a fish pond.
00:28The next typhoons also hit the plantations in Balatan, Kamariñasur and Bagau, Cagayan.
00:34The Department of Agriculture estimated that the cost of the next typhoons
00:41from the typhoon Christine to the typhoon Ophel is more than P10 billion.
00:43The cost of the super typhoon Pepito is not included.
00:47The areas that are our agri-area are supposed to be able to recover after some deluvio.
00:58They find themselves having a hard time recovering.
01:02The damage is severe.
01:04This is a historical difference.
01:08Extraordinary circumstances.
01:10The DA asked for an additional P1 billion quick response fund
01:15to help farmers and fishermen by distributing rice and insurance.
01:21But the Department of Agriculture insisted that it is hard to recover from the next typhoons.
01:26This year, imported rice was estimated to reach a record high of 4.5 million metric tons.
01:33Despite the higher importation now, it helped to have a sufficient supply and a stable price.
01:42But the price of fish is already rising due to the typhoons
01:46that accompanied the closed fishing season in some areas.
01:49For example, in the Litex Market in Quezon City, fresh fish is rarely sold.
01:54It's unfortunate because it's hard to get fish because of the typhoons.
01:58It's all frozen and imported.
02:00It's possible to increase the additional 8,000 metric tons of fish.
02:04In addition to the previous 30,000 metric tons that are slowly arriving in the country.
02:09We just want to make sure that we won't have any problems later on.
02:13Because first, it's the closed fishing season.
02:15Second, the typhoons will come one after the other.
02:19There are losses in the production of fish.
02:22There are fishponds that were damaged.
02:28There are damaged boats.
02:29There are damaged accessories.
02:31And it will take some time to recover.
02:34Aside from fish, according to the Department of Agriculture,
02:37they are also studying how to grow vegetables.
02:39There is no shortage of vegetables in the supply right now, but the price is high.
02:43It's okay, that's why the price is high.
02:48Like carrots, eggplants, bitter gourd, and bell peppers.
02:54On top of the vegetables, Letlet reduced the amount of vegetables in the pan so that there will be less expenses.
03:01We don't sell vegetables anymore because it's expensive.
03:04Our priority is to get the vegetables from other vegetable-producing areas and regions,
03:10if that would be enough to temper the prices.
03:14So we don't need to import anymore.
03:16But if there's a necessity to import, we will do that.
03:20For GMA Integrated News, Bernadette Reyes, Nakatuto, 24 Hours.
03:33For GMA Integrated News, Bernadette Reyes, Nakatuto, 24 Hours.
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