00:00Increased expenses that will not be able to help the local farmers.
00:03That is the effect of the upcoming drought,
00:06even though the rice that is now available in some warehouses of the National Food Authority or NFA
00:13cannot be exported yet.
00:15One of the NFA warehouses is targeted by Bernadette Reyes,
00:19ex-customer.
00:24If last year,
00:25almost none of the rice in some warehouses of the National Food Authority
00:29that the rice buffer stock fell in one day,
00:32now,
00:33the rice in some NFA warehouses is almost gone.
00:37Here in the NFA NCR warehouse in Malanday, Valenzuela,
00:41we were able to harvest the newly arrived rice.
00:45It includes the provinces of Camanava, Maynila, Quezon City, and San Juan.
00:49Most of the rice that comes to us comes from Region 3,
00:52Pampanga, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Bataan.
00:56There is also rice that comes from Region 2.
00:59It continues to arrive.
01:00Now, the cropping of November,
01:03it is newly milled in Region 3.
01:10It is sent here intended for NCR.
01:13These are the newly harvested rice from Nueva Ecija,
01:16the rice granary of the Philippines,
01:19that is now being shipped here to the NFA NCR warehouse in Valenzuela.
01:23It will now be part of the nation's buffer stock.
01:26For now,
01:2760-70% of the rice in this warehouse is rice.
01:32In Region 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12,
01:35where the rice is harvested,
01:37the warehouse is full according to the NFA.
01:40These rice are the target to be exported to the markets
01:43to lower the price of the rice.
01:45However, the Department of Agriculture is still waiting
01:49for the so-called food security emergency for the rice.
01:53It is said that the rice will arrive in February,
01:55so it is important for the NFA to be able to export the rice from the warehouses.
01:59If this cannot be done,
02:01the rice cannot be bought from the farmers
02:03and the expenses for the NFA will increase.
02:06We will be limited in terms of buying
02:09because we cannot do a full blast
02:13because the warehouses are full.
02:16As far as we can,
02:18we will rent a warehouse,
02:21but again,
02:22because of the added cost,
02:23the budget given will be reduced.
02:28The target is to release the rice from the NFA in February 1,
02:32but it can be changed according to the DA.
02:34If it is released this week,
02:36we think it can be done by February 1.
02:39But definitely, there will be adjustments later on.
02:42If the Secretary will sign it,
02:45of course, there will be clearances for them.
02:49We are hoping that it will be released by Monday,
02:52but of course,
02:55we are a government of bureaucracy.
02:57We have to wait for the final approved signed copy.
03:02For GMA Integrated News,
03:04Bernadette Reyes,
03:05Tutok 24 Hours.
03:12For GMA Integrated News, Bernadette Reyes,
03:15Tutok 24 Hours.
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