00:00The Department of Agriculture will also implement the Maximum Suggested Retail Price, or MSRP, outside of Metro Manila
00:08at a time when the process in the National Capital Region is stable and in order.
00:13According to Agriculture Assistant Secretary Spokesperson Arnel De Mesa, in his interview with Mike Abilaib,
00:20the Maximum SRP for imported rice is part of the government's plan to control and monitor the price of imported rice.
00:29This is also a target for food security in the country or to provide sufficient food for the Filipinos.
00:59In wholesale and retail, the price is still rising.
01:04That is why the National Price Coordinating Council recommended to the DA that there should be a food security emergency
01:11so that the price of rice can really be lowered.
01:14Second, the stocks of NFA should be released so that it can be bought again soon
01:22and the rice that it has can also enter the market.
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