00:00The Agriculture Department clarified that there is no shortage of rice in the country.
00:05This is in front of the implementation of the Food Security Emergency for Rice.
00:11In a news forum, Agriculture Assistant Secretary Arnel Demesa said that this is due to the continued increase in the price of rice
00:20despite the measures implemented by the government to bring it down.
00:24It is expected that the DA will receive the approved resolution on Monday
00:29that will declare the Food Security Emergency in the country.
00:32And after the review, it is possible to implement it on Wednesday.
00:38Again, we don't have a problem with the supply of rice.
00:41Why is it an emergency?
00:44Emergency, again, what became the basis is the extraordinary increase in price of rice.
00:51Because there are two factors in the law, shortage of supply or extraordinary increase in price.
00:59So the factor used is extraordinary increase in price.
