00:00And the damage to our agriculture is immense. It's actually 10, 15, 20-fold greater damage than maybe 20 years ago.
00:10And that is a threat to our food security.
00:14And therefore, there must be climate change resilient interventions budgeted and incorporated in our agriculture intervention programs
00:26such as more research on climate resilient, weather resilient technology that will make our farming methods climate change proof
00:42or at least provide infrastructure, provide equipment that will help us be able to get ahead of the weather.
00:52We must have climate change resilient interventions such as, it must be integrated.
00:58For example, if our farmers are affected by climate change, their crops are exhausted.
01:05There has to be immediate intervention like rehabilitation and repair of the damages to our irrigation canals.
01:14At least, the priority should be to give jobs to those who are exhausted and affected by their crops so that they can earn a living.
01:21So, we must increase our government spending on agriculture.
01:27Thailand is spending more than double what we're spending, but they only have a population of 70 million.
01:34Vietnam has a population of 90 million, but they're spending three times more government spending compared to us.
01:42Why? Our prioritization in budgetary support is lacking.
01:47And that support must, the funding should be, maybe in the next 6, 7, 8 years, the agri-budget should be multiplied by 4 or 5.
01:59And the increases should be utilized to strengthen our farmers' capacity, productivity.
02:08Climate change proved them. Future proved them with interventions.
02:14You cannot secure your food unless you secure your farmers.
02:19And climate change is a threat to food security, so we must be active in our interventions.
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