00:00It is possible that the two bodies of the Agriculture Department will be dismissed after the ultimatum was given by Agriculture Secretary Francisco Chiu Laurel Jr.
00:10due to an improper performance.
00:13This is the report of Clayzel Pardilla.
00:17The Department of Agriculture has two eyes on the official.
00:20It is possible that the two bodies of the DA will be dismissed after the ultimatum was given by Agriculture Secretary Francisco Chiu Laurel Jr.
00:29But the DA said that they were given up to 6 months ultimatum to fix the performance.
00:35The thing I don't want to happen is that there are other things that need to be done.
00:40I needed my intervention.
00:43In spite of my busy, busy schedule, I had to stop other things so that I will be able to approve and sign everything that was given to me back at last minute.
00:57The DA's possible blacklist includes five importers.
01:01Aside from the first 10 importers, the agency will never allow them to be promoted due to their involvement in agriculture smuggling.
01:09The DA first explained that it is illegal for products to be smuggled due to the health of the people and the livelihood of the farmers.
01:19I have five more. We are just completing them.
01:24Three fish and two meat.
01:30The Department of Agriculture's target is to revive the sector of agriculture in the next year after the El Niño eruption,
01:37the next typhoon, the eruption of the volcano, and the cure of animal diseases.
01:42This is the year that all possible things happened.
01:47This is a depressing year for agriculture in a sense, but we reacted quickly to all the calamities that we faced.
01:57Other LGUs are surprised that the DA's response is fast, plus even the timing of giving seeds fertilizers, in majority of the areas, is on time.
02:14In 2025, the fund will triple the budget for rice competitiveness enhancement to P30 billion,
02:21from P10 billion only after the implementation of the rice tariffication law.
02:26It will be used in the production of products such as the purchase of solar irrigation and rice processing facility
02:33to reach more than 20 million metric tons in rice production and more than 2% increase in the total agricultural sector.
02:41Khalei Zalfardilia for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.
