00:00Rice Processing Systems of the Department of Agriculture is a big help to farmers
00:05so that the supply of rice in Ilocos Norte will be sufficient.
00:08This is the detail of Jude Pipitan of Radyo Pilipinas Lawang.
00:15The provincial government of Ilocos Norte believes that the rice supply is sufficient
00:19and that it is not necessary to import rice from other places.
00:23The sufficiency level of the product here has reached 189%.
00:29It is a big help for them to have three large rice processing systems
00:33in the province of the Department of Agriculture,
00:35the Philippine Center for Post-Harvest Development and Mechanization or DAPHILMEC
00:40for the preservation of rice.
00:43We have a lot of rice processing systems here in Ilocos Norte.
00:54Because of the RPS, farmers are now choosing to sell to the Farmers Cooperative
01:00instead of travelers.
01:01RPS can be found in the towns of Bacara, Pidig, and Vintar.
01:06The National Food Authority or NFA also has its own facility
01:10that can be found in the town of Dingras.
01:12Aside from that, the distribution of farm input and machineries to farmers
01:17to help their livelihoods will continue.
01:20This is in accordance with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s order
01:23to help farmers.
01:25In a visit of the Radyo Pilipinas News Team in Pamilihang Bayan in Lawag City,
01:30the price of rice ranges from Php 46 to Php 55 per kilo.
01:34The Provincial Government found that the cheap rice that can be bought here
01:38is of high quality due to the product and process inside Ilocos Norte.
01:43From PBS Radyo Pilipinas, Lawag, Sud Pitpitan, for Balitang Pambansa.
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