00:00The National Food Authority will continue to make steps to sell their rice to the market.
00:07In addition, the agency is encouraging their support to the farmers in the country.
00:12Joshua Garcia is in the center of the news.
00:17I am proud of the state of the NSA and what we think is good for what it is facing,
00:24not only for the NSA, but also for the whole country.
00:28I hope that the mandate to release rice to the market, even if it is limited,
00:34is a big thing to help our countrymen because rice is cheaper.
00:42That is the call of the National Food Authority or the NFA Administrator Larry Lackson
00:47in his interview with Mike Abilife.
00:49In the current situation, whenever there is calamity, the NFA can sell rice.
00:54This is also part of the assistance.
00:57That is why Lackson wanted the NFA to sell rice to the local governments.
01:01The rice from the NFA is from the rice that they bought from the farmers at a good price.
01:07To help the NFA, because we also need to generate our income to continue all our activities.
01:18Meanwhile, through the amended rice tariffication law,
01:22Lackson said that the buffer stock of the NFA has been 15 days since the previous day.
01:28Our target has increased.
01:30That is our change.
01:34At the same time, the amended RTL RA-12078,
01:39we can dispose of it in two months and one day as non-regular stocks or aging stocks.
01:47When it comes to helping the farmers,
01:49Lackson said that the government has no obligation to ensure that there is enough rice or rice in the country,
01:54particularly now in 2025.
01:56The Department of Agriculture is in charge of supporting the farmers to ensure the supply of rice.
02:02Just like the distribution of rice,
02:04there are also rice mills and irrigation for the farmers.
02:08The Development Bank of the Philippines has also borrowed money from the farmers
02:12who have no crops and have financial assistance while waiting for rice.
02:17Joshua Garcia for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
