Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin expressed confidence on Tuesday that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s promise of decreasing the value of rice to P20 per kilo will quickly materialize.
“Hindi ko naman sinasabing matagal na ma-attain iyan; hindi ko rin sinasabing madaling ma-attain iyan. But I am saying that I am very confident that for as long as government is doing things right to attain these goals, that aspiration may soon be realized. Bakit hindi?” Bersamin mentioned in an interview on CNN Philippines as cited by the Presidential Communications Office
According to Bersamin, the nationwide authorities is exhausting all efforts to maximise the manufacturing ranges of areas which are identified to provide rice.
“Those areas that are producing rice, we try to maximize iyong production levels nila. That’s another thing that we are doing now in order to reach that aspiration,” Bersamin mentioned.
He talked about that there are additionally different components to think about such because the climate situations, local weather change, and the El Niño phenomenon that would have direct impact on the nation’s agricultural manufacturing.
Bersamin didn’t point out any timeline as regards decreasing the value of rice to P20 per kilo.
It was Marcos’ marketing campaign promise to scale back the value of rice to as little as P20 per kilo.
He mentioned the aspiration hinges on fixing the worth chain, or the collection of levels concerned in producing a services or products that’s offered to shoppers, with every state including to the worth of the services or products.
During his second State of the Nation Address, the President didn’t specify any measures on how this promise could be achieved.—Anna Felicia Bajo/LDF, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
