00:00The Department of Agriculture also brought Murang Bigas to the provinces under the Rice for All program.
00:06Details on this were reported by Angela Peñalosa of Radyo Pilipinas.
00:13Successful!
00:14That's how the Department of Agriculture made the first day of selling Murang Bigas to the neighboring markets under the Rice for All program.
00:23In fact, aside from the fact that 40 pesos per kilo of rice was sold out quickly,
00:28Rice Retailers also accompanied the sale of Murang Bigas with great help from the buyers.
00:33In Kamuning, it arrived a bit late, but we noticed that when we arrived,
00:40almost all the rice sellers there already had 40 pesos.
00:44They followed our standard price or our suggested price.
00:51The DA also made it clear that they do not aim to make the rice retailers go bankrupt,
00:56but to have a sufficient supply and reachable rice for the Filipinos.
01:01Aside from the addition of families who sell Murang Bigas,
01:05the DA also targets to bring it closer to the buyers in the provinces.
01:11Next week, we will be able to add more markets.
01:17Our goal is to bring Murang Bigas to Metro Manila and neighboring cities.
01:25We hope to cover all major cities and regions and sell our rice for all there.
01:33Which is also the program of our President.
01:37We are also expanding with the help of the President's centers and stores
01:42where they can buy our rice for all and also our P-29.
01:47Meanwhile, it is possible to sell agricultural products easily through the social media app Facebook.
01:54In the Ronda Pilipinas program,
01:56the Rice Retailers Outlet representative, Attorney Alger Cabatbat,
02:00planned to make a Facebook chat so that the rice retailers can sell their products easily.
02:06The rice retailers need to learn how to become a retailer.
02:11That's what I always tell the rice retailers.
02:15You should not just be a rice retailer.
02:18You should also become a retailer.
02:20Because the government has such a big program that should benefit you, not the middleman.
02:25From PBS Rancho Pilipinas, Angela Penaloza for Balitang Pabansa.
02:30For more information, visit www.pib.org
