00:00House leaders are pushing to expand the Marcos administration's 20 pesos per kilo rice program to benefit more Filipinos nationwide.
00:10Representative El Rey Villafuerto Belapuerte proposed enhancing the Masagana rice program by providing farmers with 40,000 pesos per hectare in pre-planting aid
00:24in exchange for selling rice to the government at 9 pesos per kilo.
00:29Agri-Party List Representative Wilbert Lee also supports the initiative and calls for more investment in post-harvest facilities.
00:38House Speaker Martin Romualda suggested a rice subsidy program modeled after a successful implementation in Kamigin, urging LGUs to adopt similar efforts.
