00:00Fresh and healthy agricultural products will be displayed at the Presidential Expo 2024
00:09where more than 100 farmer exhibitors from different parts of the country will be showcased at the center of the news.
00:22Fresh from the farm, this is what the Department of Agriculture or DA will bring to the PICC tent of Pasay City from tomorrow to Wednesday, November 28, 2024.
00:41We will also include the different DA agencies that are helping also in the KADIWA program like BIFAR, NFA, BPI.
00:53There are many other agencies that are also here at this Expo that will showcase their projects and programs that are aimed towards the improvement of our cooperative FCAs.
01:09And of course, our stakeholders.
01:11According to the DA, more than 100 farmer exhibitors from all over the Philippines will be showcased at the Expo.
01:19Its goal is to give the public cheap and fresh agricultural products.
01:25Its goal is also to increase the income of farmers and fishermen in the country.
01:31We will also include the various regions and regional offices.
01:36All 16 DA regional offices sent their DA KADIWA trucks.
01:42All of these are supported by the regions.
01:46They are also there.
01:47So it's going to showcase also the regional products that we have.
01:51Of course, we also have our FCA partners, our cooperative partners.
01:57We invited around 100 plus of them.
02:00More than half were confirmed.
02:02The cooking demos are also part of the activity.
02:05Through the KADIWA kitchen and direct market linkages and agribusiness investor forums.
02:13According to the DA, the KADIWA of the President is part of the efforts of President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.
02:20to make the country food-secure under the auspices of the new Philippines.
02:25The KADIWA stores made by our partners are their initiative.
02:31That's why the KADIWA of the President project expanded.
02:36They are the ones who built their stores in various areas here.
02:42They started here in Metro Manila and they are going to expand nationwide.
02:47Our target is 1,500 stores, KADIWA stores by 2028.
02:55This is the first KADIWA of the President Expo
02:58where they sell cheap rice, which they call Rice For All,
03:04for Php 42 per kilo and Php 29 per kilo.
03:08Noel Talacay for Pabasang TV in the new Philippines.
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