Pagbibigay ng kapangyarihan sa NFA na magbenta ng bigas, napapanahon sa harap ng banta ng #LaNiña ayon sa DA
Pagbibigay ng kapangyarihan sa NFA na magbenta ng bigas, napapanahon sa harap ng banta ng #LaNiña ayon sa DA
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00:00The Department of Agriculture has recognized the sale of more than Php 40 per kilo of NFA rice
00:08at a time when the National Food Authority has the power to sell rice.
00:14Claycel Pardilla is in the center of the live news.
00:20The Department of Agriculture has also recognized President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:25who was certified as urgent to pass the rice tariffication law
00:30so that the price of rice can be lowered in the market
00:34when the all-time high price of rice has been recorded for 15 years.
00:42The Department of Agriculture has recognized the power of the National Food Authority
00:48to sell rice during an emergency or when the price is high.
00:53This was followed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:58who was certified as urgent to pass the rice tariffication law.
01:03It can be remembered that since the implementation of the RTL,
01:07the NFA has already prohibited the sale of cheap rice in markets.
01:12But unlike before, the price of NFA rice was reduced to Php 27.
01:18The Department of Agriculture was able to sell rice for less than Php 40
01:24depending on the price of rice in the market
01:27and according to the new guidelines of the NFA regarding the export of rice.
01:33If the stock of NFA is 3 months to below 6 months,
01:38the price will be 20% lower than the prevailing market price monitored by the PSA.
01:47For example, if the price monitored is Php 50, it will be minus 20%,
01:52so that's minus Php 10.
01:54So their selling price is Php 40.
01:56So if it's more than 6 months, it can be 30% lower.
02:02This is a win-win solution.
02:03Our government thinks that the NFA will not lose money
02:08and at the same time, the price of rice will be cheaper.
02:11It's time for the NFA to be implemented in the face of the upcoming pandemic.
02:17But first, Senator Cynthia Villar insisted that the NFA should sell rice again in the market.
02:25She left because of the anomaly in the transaction.
02:30Villar is the principal author of the Rice Tarification Law.
02:34It was removed because before, the NFA imports rice exclusively.
02:41The government noticed that rice is not cheap despite the fact that there is no tariff.
02:48Villar expanded the provision in the law that extends the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund
02:55or providing assistance to farmers from the rice collected from the imported rice in the RTL visa.
03:04The Federation of Free Farmers of the Philippines supported President Marcos Jr.
03:11to change some provisions of the RTL.
03:14But he should focus on providing benefits to the NFA
03:19to avoid the loss in the supply and price of rice.
03:23As of now, the NFA is powerless and to some extent even the government
03:29to prevent profiteering, hoarding and monitoring of rice stocks.
03:39RTL removed all of that.
03:41So I think there is a need for somebody to...
03:46They will do some monitoring and regulation of the market.
03:53Because of the need to change a lot of things for the sake of rice,
03:57RTL was just trashed, which caused an all-time high in the price of rice.
04:04We can see the impact of this on our farmers,
04:07the real losses and the increasing price of rice.
04:13We are still calling for the trashing of the RA-11203.
04:18The five years of implementation is concrete
04:21in terms of its effect on farmers and consumers.
04:29Audrey, in an interview with Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon,
04:32former Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
04:38for pushing RTL to pass the RTL.
04:41RTL was the first to not pass the consultation with the farmers.
04:47The government should not allow the so-called mafia and cartel
04:53to control the price and supply of rice.
04:56Audrey?
04:57Okay, Clay.
04:58What will be the guarantee of our government
05:02that we will not lack in the supply of rice
05:06even though the NFA is already selling rice?
05:12Audrey, the guarantee of our government
05:15that we will not lack in the supply of rice
05:18is if the government can increase the production of rice in our country.
05:23Because if we can do that,
05:25we don't need to import millions of tons of rice.
05:31But Audrey, if you remember,
05:33the government did not deny the 100% rice self-sufficiency
05:39because we have commitments with the World Trade Organization.
05:43And if there is too much rice self-sufficiency,
05:48it can also lead to a drop in the price of rice.
05:51So the target is that there will be enough rice
05:54and that there will still be imports,
05:56but not that many, if not limited,
05:59so that the price of our local farmers will not be affected.
06:04Audrey?
06:05Alright, thank you very much, Clay Salpardilla.
06:08Thank you.