00:00The government has no support for rice farmers.
00:04In a statement of Radio Pilipinas,
00:06National Food Authority Administrator Larry Lackson said
00:10that they are buying rice at an exorbitant price
00:13to earn a lot from the farmers.
00:17In fact, this year,
00:19the NFA started buying rice at P23 per kilo.
00:24That's higher than the P16 to P17 price of rice traders.
00:30Meanwhile, the NFA assured that the rice supply is sufficient this year.
00:35Aside from the upcoming harvest,
00:37the private sector has also imported rice.
00:41The NFA also assured that the sale of rice
00:44will continue to the President's officials
00:46to help the Filipinos.
00:49According to the order of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
00:53Many of our farmers are happy.
00:57They are earning.
00:59They are not losing anything as long as they are selling to the NFA.
01:02They are earning.
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