DA, nakikipagtulungan na sa DOLE para bigyan ng trabaho ang mga apektadong magsasaka

8 months ago

Umabot na sa mahigit dalawang bilyong piso ang pinsala sa agrikultura ng El Niño kaya umaapela na ng tulong ang ilang magsasaka. Bukod sa ayuda, nakikipag-ugnayan na rin sa labor department ang Department of Agriculture para hanapan sila ng ibang trabaho.

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00:00 The Pinsala sa Agrikultura of El Nino has reached more than 2 billion pesos

00:06 so they are appealing for help from their farmers.

00:09 Aside from the aid, the Labor Department is also cooperating

00:13 with the Department of Agriculture to find them other jobs.

00:17 This is Bernadette Reyes.

00:19 Give us our money back!

00:23 Aid and compensation!

00:25 Give us our money back!

00:28 The groups of farmers are calling on the National Food Authority and the Department of Agriculture

00:33 to give the aging or old rice stocks that are in the NFA warehouses.

00:39 Instead of selling it for 25 pesos, we are still earning from the traders

00:45 because the money that the NFA used to buy rice

00:51 came from the country's budget

00:53 so it's only reasonable to give it away for free.

00:56 The NFA Council meeting will be held on April 11

00:59 to discuss what to do with the rice so it won't be wasted.

01:04 But the NFA's power is not a joke

01:07 to sell the rice even if it's in their warehouse.

01:11 The NFA only buys rice stocks. We cannot do that.

01:16 We have a lot of rules that will break.

01:18 We can do a lot so it won't be wasted.

01:23 According to the DA, the government has programs

01:25 to help farmers affected by El Niño.

01:28 These include financial assistance, insurance claims, and loans.

01:32 It's the farmer's option to take or not to take.

01:36 But it's available in case they need to take additional loans.

01:41 We have distributed 1.08 billion pesos.

01:46 Aside from loans and insurance claims,

01:48 the Department of Agriculture will also distribute rice and rice stocks.

01:52 But according to the group of farmers,

01:55 the assistance they receive is not enough.

01:58 Not insurance, not loans.

02:01 Farmers should be the first to take loans.

02:04 In times of calamity, farmers need assistance, not loans.

02:10 A major issue is water.

02:13 So we're actually going to go because of El Niño.

02:17 We're also discussing a possible collaboration with DOLE

02:26 to help those affected by the program.

02:33 According to the DA,

02:35 the government has distributed 2.34 billion pesos

02:38 to the Department of Agriculture.

02:40 1.7 billion pesos to rice,

02:42 591 million pesos to rice,

02:44 and 326 million pesos to high-value crops.

02:47 The rest is to poultry and livestock.

02:50 For GMA Integrated News,

02:52 Bernadette Reyes,

02:54 Tutok Tlilip, 24 Hours.

02:57 (music)

DA, nakikipagtulungan na sa DOLE para bigyan ng trabaho ang mga apektadong magsasaka | 24 Oras

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