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MANILA â Sa kabila ng pagtanggi na nagkaroon ng kakulangan ng bigas noong nakaraang buwan, inihayag ng Department of Agriculture (DA) nitong Biyernes na nakakuha na ang pamahalaan ng sapat na dami ng bigas upang mapunan ang tinatawag na âsupply gap." Sa International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) sa Los Baños, Laguna, sinabi ni DA Sec. Arthur Yap na napunan na ng National Food Authority (NFA) pangangailangan sa bigas at dinagdagan pa ito upang dagdagan ang rice stockpile ng bansa. "The NFA has already contracted enough volumes to take care of our gap and right now, additional procurement of NFA stocks (are being made) for purposes of buffer stocking," paliwanag ni Yap. Sinabi naman ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal Arroyo na hindi dapat mabahala ang publiko sa mga ulat ng rice shortage dahil nakapagsara na ang pamahalaan sa Thailand at Vietnam upang umangkat ng bigas. "We can take it or leave it depending on how rice prices are," ayon sa Pangulo. Sinabi ni Gng Arroyo na hindi kasama ang Pilipinas sa 36 bansa na tinukoy ng United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization na nakararanas ng rice crisis. Samantala, lumagda ang DA ng five-year memorandum of agreement (MOA)sa International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) upang palakasin ang produksyon sa palay ng Pilipinas. Sinaksihan ni Pangulong Arroyo ang pirmahan ng MOA. Ipinakita rin ni Yap kay Arroyo ang three-year rice self-sufficiency program na katulad ng mga nagdaang programa para sa âirrigation, technology, extension services at credit support, it is new in four areas - scope, advances in current rice technology, standing commitment, and management approach." "The plan is vital focusing provincial productivity to underscore our emphasis on increasing yields and the realization that the active involvement of the local governments in extension and monitoring work will be indispensable to the success of the plan," pahayag niya. "It is our prayer that someday soon we will see the day when bountiful and profitable harvest will assure that Filipinos can eat as much rice as they please with enough to share with the world," idinagdag ni Yap. - GMANews.TV
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