00:00The farm gate price of palay, or prices of an husk rice directly purchased from farmers, continues to increase.
00:07According to the Department of Agrarian Reform, the price of dry palay has increased up to 21 pesos per kilo,
00:13starting when the strengthened implementation of the Sagip Saka Act, under Executive Order 100 and 101,
00:20was put into effect, where national government agencies and local government units can now directly buy palay
00:26from farmers without going through bidding.
00:30For more information, visit www.fema.org
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