00:00The production value of agriculture decreased due to the recent calamities and the effects of the African Swine Fever this year.
00:07The fishing sector is also affected due to the recent floods in the country.
00:12This is Joshua Garcia's report.
00:16The production value of agriculture decreased due to the recent bad weather and the effects of the African Swine Fever in the third quarter of the year.
00:26According to the Department of Agriculture, the production value of agriculture decreased year-on-year by 3.7%
00:31which is equivalent to P397.43 billion pesos.
00:34The fishing sector is also affected due to the recent floods
00:38where the production value of agriculture decreased by 5.5%
00:42which is equivalent to P55.48 billion pesos year-on-year
00:46according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.
00:49Undeniably, the combined effects of El Niño and La Niña
00:54is what caused the decline in the production of rice
00:59which is a major contributor.
01:02We know that rice is a major contributor to the crop sector
01:05so more than half of the value of agricultural and fisheries
01:11is due to the decline in the production of rice.
01:16DA's spokesperson, Assistant Secretary Arnel Demesa,
01:21continues to work with farmers and fishermen
01:24to help them recover from the rising crisis and calamity
01:27as well as to reduce losses for the last quarter of the year.
01:31We will continue to give interventions to the affected farmers and fishermen
01:37so that they can recover
01:39just like we will give rice and fertilizers
01:44so that they can plant again and recover our farming sector.
01:50We will also provide protection for them
01:54when it comes to calamities such as insurance.
01:57Meanwhile, according to Demesa,
01:59the expansion of the P29 and Rice for All program of the government
02:03is also in full swing
02:05through the expansion of Kadiwa Centers
02:08as ordered by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
02:11The President wants to expand the benefits of P29 and Rice for All
02:18by expanding the number of Kadiwa Centers.
02:21He already had previous instruction before
02:24that the provincial governments will also join our program.
02:30Josh Garcia for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
