00:00Inatasan ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., National Food Authority,
00:03na dagdaga ng mga biniling palay at mag-imbak ng bigas sa mga warehouse
00:07bilang paghahanda po ito sa epekto ng Super El Niño.
00:10Kaya naman, ang plano po ng NFA na bumili ng 500,000 metric tons ng palay
00:15upang maging pondo po.
00:17Ungkul nga po dito sa issue ng El Niño.
00:18At kaugnay niyan, makakausap natin NFA Administrator Larry Laxon.
00:22Admiral Laxon, magandang umaga po.
00:24Diane Kerr po ito ng Rise and Shine Pilipinas sa PTV.
00:27Good morning, Diane. At sa lahat ng ating mga pagkakasubaybay, good morning po.
00:30Good morning po, admin.
00:32Now, with this directive po of the President to increase palay procurement
00:35at saka yung warehouse capacity, ano na po ang ginagawa po at efforts ng NFA
00:39tungkol po sa directive na ito, sir?
00:41Una-una, pinaghandaan natin itong anihan na ito.
00:44Pinaluwag natin ang ating mga bodega.
00:47Hanggang 50% lumuwag na ito.
00:50Akibat pa nun, nagrenta pa tayo ng 65 private warehouses
00:55para madagdagaan ang ating capacity
00:58as well as some MOA with other, with some LGUs, no?
01:03Para paggamit yung kanilang mga warehouses.
01:06So, we are ready in terms of space
01:08and we are targeting at least 500,000 metric tons procurement
01:12this season.
01:13At ito ay nasa mataas na presyo
01:17or magandang halaga.
01:18Minimum mo 27 pesos for clean and dry
01:21hanggang 30 pesos clean and dry.
01:23So, sapat naman po itong 500,000 metric tons
01:26na palay po itong target po ninyong i-purchase.
01:29Because I understand, sir, tama ba?
01:30The original target was to purchase
01:32790,000 metric tons?
01:34That's for the year.
01:37For the year.
01:38Naka-procure na tayo ng 100,
01:42almost 110,000 metric tons
01:47aabotin lang natin yung 500,000 metric tons
01:50and since our fund is around
01:53remaining fund is 11.2 billion
01:55that's good for 450,000 metric tons.
01:58Pero, kung meron pang espasyo
02:00that's why I said at least 500,000 metric tons
02:04ang ano natin, hindi bilhin natin.
02:07Pag meron pang espasyo after that
02:08procurement ng 500,000 metric tons
02:11then we will go for more.
02:12Right.
02:13Sa katalukuyin po ba as we speak,
02:15kamusta pong ating supply po ng bigas
02:17sa bansa, sir?
02:19Kaya, in terms of supply ng bigas
02:22o yung National Buffer Stock,
02:24Department of Agriculture yan,
02:26but according to Secretary Quigo himself,
02:29sa isang pronunciation niya,
02:30nasa 75 days buffer stock tayo
02:33which is very, very healthy.
02:34In terms of National Food Authority,
02:37ang current stock natin,
02:39total equivalent milled rice
02:41is around 5.5 million bags of milled rice.
02:45Ano yan, mga 280,000 metric tons.
02:48And that will last seven days.
02:51Pwede pa kainin ang buong Pilipinas
02:52for seven days.
02:53And that's a healthy number.
02:57All right.
02:58Sir, siyempre, pagpag-stack tayo
02:59itong mga bigas sa ating mga warehouses,
03:02hindi naman po maluluma itong mga bigas
03:04kasi understand itong El Nino
03:06will be felt pa first quarter
03:08also ng 2027, next year po.
03:11So, ngayon lahat naman
03:12ang ating mga aging stock
03:14halos na auction na,
03:15kakaunti na lang yung iba,
03:16but yun nga,
03:17mag-re-restock tayo ngayon
03:18so that we will have more stocks
03:21due to incoming El Nino.
03:24Siyempre, maraming magde-declare dyan
03:26ng state of calamity
03:28sa mga bawat LGUs.
03:30So, yung iba dyan,
03:32mag-re-request talaga
03:33ng bigas for their constituents.
03:35So, pinagandaan natin yan.
03:37All right.
03:37So, may mga posts po ngayon
03:39sa social media
03:40na mag-imbak na raw po
03:41ng mga pagkain sa bahay
03:43para hindi na kailangan lumabas
03:44sa mga tao
03:45dahil sobrang init na daw
03:46ng panahon kapag
03:47nagsimulaan yung Super El Nino.
03:48Ano po ang inyong reaction dito,
03:50administrator?
03:51Nakot, hindi naman kailangan yan,
03:54no?
03:54Dahil, as we said,
03:56pagdating sa bigas,
03:5775 days buffer stock.
04:00Hindi kinakailangan
04:01kasi parang makakapag-rate lang tayo
04:03ng artificial problem.
04:05And napakaraling tools
04:06ng gobyerno
04:08or Department of Agriculture
04:10in particular
04:11in terms of ensuring
04:13there's enough supply
04:14for every commodity or food
04:18na ating kinakailangan.
04:21Well, kamusta naman po
04:22yung ating pakikipag-ungnayan
04:24doon sa ating mga magsasaka,
04:26yung pakikipag-usap natin sa kanila
04:27for them to be encouraged
04:29na sa NFA po nila
04:30ipapurchase yung kanila pong mga palay?
04:33Well, regularly,
04:35nag-uugnayan tayo
04:36with our farmers' constituents
04:38sa mga bawat lugar, no?
04:41Pangalawa,
04:41pinatupad natin yung
04:42purchase order system
04:44para sure yung market nila.
04:46And we always encourage them
04:48na sa atin pumunta
04:50as long as
04:51kaya nilang patuyuin
04:53kasi kulang ang aming patuyuan
04:55nagdadagdag pa kami dyan
04:56may programa tayo dyan
04:57pero sa ngayon
04:58we would really prefer
05:00clean and dry
05:01or tuyo
05:01and
05:02pagdating naman sa
05:03mga standard
05:05medyo relaxed na
05:06yung standard natin
05:07na bago na natin.
05:08So
05:09mas maganda ang presyo
05:11kung sa NFA nyo po dadali.
05:13Well, kamusta naman po
05:15yung programa po
05:15na administration
05:16dito po sa
05:16Benteng Bigas Program, sir?
05:19Well,
05:21lalo pang pinapalamak ito
05:24tumaas itong
05:25last month
05:26yung
05:27na-distribute
05:28around 21,000 metric tons
05:30and
05:30we will ramp it up
05:32hanggang December
05:33hoping to reach
05:34up to
05:3440,000 metric tons
05:36distribution
05:37ang Benteng Bigas.
05:39Ang nagpatipad naman ito
05:40is VA and FTI
05:41who are just supporting
05:42in terms of supply
05:43or yung source
05:44ng Bigas.
05:45Well, panawagan
05:46baka meron po kayo
05:47para po sa ating
05:48mga kababayan
05:49at pansahe po sa ating
05:50mga mananood, sir.
05:51Go ahead po.
05:52Well, alam na nga natin
05:53meron nga ang banta
05:54ng El Minyo
05:55pero lahat naman po
05:56yung itong El Minyo na ito
05:57may good and bad din.
05:59Maganda po
06:00ngayon ito
06:00sa ating mga magpapalay
06:02na mag-harvest na
06:02mas tuyo po
06:03ang ating
06:05aalihin
06:05mas madaling patuyuin
06:06mas madaling
06:07maibenta na.
06:08In terms of
06:09food security
06:10wala naman po
06:11dapat ipangamba
06:12at ang
06:14pamahalaan
06:14ay nakatutok
06:15sa lahat
06:16na pwedeng
06:16i-assist
06:18sa ating mga
06:19magsasaka
06:19at sa ating mga
06:20consumers.
06:21Salamat po.
06:22Maraming salamat din po
06:23sa inyong oras
06:23NFA Administrator
06:25Admin Larry Laxon.
06:26Thank you po sir.
