00:00The Agriculture Department clarified that there is no shortage of rice in the country.
00:04The DA made the clarification in front of the established implementation of the Food Security Emergency for Rice.
00:11In a news forum, Agriculture Assistant Secretary Arnel De Mesa said that
00:16because of this or because of the continuous increase of the price of rice
00:21despite the measures implemented by the government to lower the price of rice.
00:27It is expected that on Monday, the DA will accept the approved resolution
00:31to declare the Food Security Emergency in the country
00:35and after the review, it will be possible to implement it on Wednesday.
00:40Again, we don't have a problem with the supply of rice.
00:43Yes, why is it an emergency?
00:46Emergency, again, is based on the extraordinary increase in price.
00:53Because there are two factors in the law, shortage of supply or extraordinary increase in price.
01:01So the factor used is extraordinary increase in price.
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