00:00Sa mainit na pagtalakay ng Senado ng Usaping Agrikultura,
00:04hinimay ng mga senador ang mga hakbang ng Department of Agriculture
00:07para palakasin ang food security ng bansa.
00:11Yan ang ulat ni Vell Custodio.
00:14Tinalakay sa Senate hearing ng Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform,
00:19kung posible kayang itaas na ang taripa sa Oktubre.
00:22Kung babalikan, matapos tumaasang na sa $700 per metric ton
00:27ang presyo ng bigas sa world market noong nakaraang taon.
00:30Ito ang nag-udyo kay Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:34upang lagdaan ng Executive Order 62,
00:37kung saan ibinaba sa 15% ang taripa mula sa dating 35%
00:41upang hindi na sumipa pa ang presyo na imported rice sa lokal na merkado.
00:45Pero ngayong taon, bagamat bumaba na sa mahigit $300 per metric ton
00:50sa pandaigdigang merkado, nananatiling mababa ang taripa.
00:54Kaya nagiging mura ang landed cost sa imported rice
00:57na nakakapagdulot na pagkalugi sa lokal na magsasaka.
01:01Ayon sa DA, pag-aaralan muna nila ito.
01:04Mr. Chair, basically when we were in India,
01:10the decision was the immediate solution was,
01:13short-term solution is to stop importation by September 1.
01:18No issuance of SBHIC for 60 days.
01:23Then with some economic managers that were present,
01:28the idea is to watch muna after a month
01:31kung ang effect ko,
01:33then to keep an open mind pa rin sa adjuster in tari.
01:39May meron din option din na nakapag-usapan na
01:42tagdagan yung stoppage.
01:45It'll be longer yung stoppage.
01:47Inosisa rin sa kumite
01:48ang 30 billion proposed budget
01:50para sa Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund o RCEF.
01:54Mahigit 10 billion pa lang kasi ang koleksyon
01:57mula sa taripa ng imported rice
01:59batay sa huling tala noong July.
02:02Pero paglilinaw ni Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tulao Rell Jr.,
02:0630 billion piso ang itinalagang proposed budget
02:09para sa RCEF
02:09batay sa unang pag-amenda sa Rice Certification Loan
02:13noong nakaraang taon.
02:14The agreement during the time
02:16that the new RTL law was previously amended,
02:20the economic managers also promised
02:24na kung ano man kakulangan
02:27noong 30 billion sa koleksyon
02:29ay pupunoyin ng ating DOF and Treasury
02:34ng National Fund.
02:35Pero sabi naman ni Sen. Amy Marcos
02:37na sana paabutin man lang sa 15 to 20 billion
02:41ang koleksyon
02:41kung 30 billion pesos ang nasa proposed budget.
02:44Kuinestyon din ang Senadora
02:46ang delayed na abono at binhi.
02:47Sagot ng kalihim, nabawasan kasi ng 10 billion piso
02:51ang pondo sa RICE program
02:53sa 2025 General Appropriations Act
02:55mula sa inaasahang 30 billion pesos.
02:58Kaya nakipagpulong ang DA
03:00kay Pangulong Marcos Jr.
03:01upang magawan ito ng paraan.
03:03January 2 mismo,
03:05tinawagan ko si
03:06ang ating presidente
03:08sabi ko, nako, ano nangyari dito?
03:11Yung 30 billion sa RICE program
03:13na traditionally binibigay
03:15sa BICAM
03:16na wala
03:18yung 10 billion.
03:20At
03:20so delayed na lahat
03:22ng procurement namin
03:23for the whole year.
03:24At least one third, no?
03:26Clearly, no?
03:28Nakuha lang
03:29buti na lang ho
03:30si presidente
03:31talagang ating
03:32champion natin dito
03:35sa ating mamutsasaka
03:36at sinabi niya sa akin
03:37ng January pa
03:38na
03:38sige, meeting tayo.
03:41Gawa natin ng paraan.
03:42So, ngayon
03:43pero ngayon lang namin
03:44nakuha
03:45yung
03:45last week lang namin
03:47nakuha
03:48yung 8.8 billion
03:49na kulang
03:49at mayroon pa
03:51natitirang
03:51halos 1 billion
03:52na kulang.
03:53So, talagang
03:54that is one major
03:55reason of delay.
03:57Wala na sabi ba?
03:59Medyo makahabol pa.
04:01Hindi ba pwedeng
04:02ibigay na lang yan
04:03kasi yung fuel subsidies
04:04ninyo
04:05hindi ninyo ma-distribute.
04:06Yung fertilizers
04:07don't come on time.
04:09The secretary
04:09has all kinds of problems
04:11procuring quality seeds
04:12ang daing-daing issue.
04:14Ano kaya?
04:15Bigay na lang ninyo ng cash?
04:17Or if I may add
04:18kasi may mga proposal
04:19ang limbawa
04:20na yung fertilizer support
04:23cash din.
04:25Ayoko nung
04:26nagbibigay na fertilizer
04:27or seeds.
04:29I'd rather give the money
04:31sa buying price
04:32sa presyo
04:34sa support price
04:36ng panay
04:37kasi based on production
04:39niyan eh.
04:39Then they will produce
04:40more,
04:41they get more.
04:42Yung fertilizer
04:43or cash
04:44na nakakatakot
04:45sa pagbigay natin
04:46ng cash
04:46research
04:46baka naman
04:47din naman
04:47bilhin
04:48ng fertilizer
04:48or binhi.
04:50Tinalakay din
04:50sa paglilig
04:51ang reklamo
04:52patungkol sa
04:52iba't-ibang
04:53kalidad
04:53ng binhi.
04:54Dahil kahit
04:55high yielding
04:56ang rice
04:56varieties,
04:57kung pangit
04:58ang kalidad,
04:59mababa
04:59ang demand
05:00dito.
05:00Bilang
05:01solusyon,
05:02naghahalap
05:02na ang fill
05:03rice
05:03ang kaparehong
05:04variant
05:04ng Vietnam
05:05rice
05:05upang tumapat
05:06sa kalidad
05:07ng bigas
05:07nito.
05:08Humihiling din
05:09ang kalihim
05:09ng karagdagang
05:10legislative support
05:11para sa modernisasyon
05:13ng sektor na
05:13agrikultura
05:14mula sa irigasyon,
05:16logistics
05:16hanggang sa market.
05:18Na isang DA
05:19na pataasin
05:19ang investment
05:20sa agrikultura
05:21para makamit
05:22ang self-sufficiency
05:23at food security.
05:25Vel Custodio
05:26para sa Pambansang TV
05:27sa Bagong Pilipinas.
