ROSALES, Pangasinan – Former Senator and 2025 senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson is pushing for a data-driven national strategy that will lessen our dependence on rice imports.
Lacson said such a data-driven approach will ensure that surplus rice from productive regions will reach areas with low supply, and minimize the impact of inefficiencies in agricultural logistics.
“What is important is that our moves must be data-driven. We need an efficient and effective monitoring and data-sharing mechanism,” he said in English at the “Konsultahang Bayan: Agenda para sa Agrikultura” forum at the New Bagsakan Center of the Rosales Farmer’s Market here Wednesday.
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With such a monitoring mechanism, he said areas with a surplus can coordinate with areas with a shortage, and work on an acceptable trade.
Currently, Lacson lamented that imported rice continues to flood the market despite local “overproduction” in some regions. Such a situation tends to raise logistics costs, which in turn will result in higher rice prices.
Lacson proposed a comprehensive, data-driven monitoring and coordination system that would let the national and local governments to track supply and demand in real time.
“We can do that only if our data monitoring and data sharing are efficient and effective,” he said.
Also present at the “Konsultahang Bayan” forum were agriculture stakeholders, including the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) led by chairman and former Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor; and Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) led by its president Rosendo So.
FFF and SINAG expressed support for Lacson’s proposals.
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Ping Lacson, Itinulak ang Data-Driven Strategy Para Mabawasan ang Dependence sa Rice Imports
ROSALES, Pangasinan – Itinulak ni dating Senador at 2025 senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson ang data-driven na estratehiya para mabawasan ang ating dependence sa rice imports.
Ani Lacson, matitiyak nito na ang surplus na bigas sa mga produktibong rehiyon ay makakarating sa lugar na mababa ang supply – at mabawasan ang inefficiency sa agricultural logistics.
“Ang pinakaimportante, naniniwala ako na dapat data-driven lagi ang ating mga kilos. Kailangan meron tayong episyente at effective na monitoring at data sharing,” aniya sa “Konsultahang Bayan: Agenda para sa Agrikultura” forum sa New Bagsakan Center ng Rosales Farmer’s Market nitong Miyerkules.
Sa ganitong monitoring mechanism, maaaring makipagugnayan ang mga lugar na may surplus sa lugar na may shortage, at magkasundo sa trade.
Nguni’t sa ngayon, ikinalungkot ni Lacson na katakot-takot pa rin ang pagpasok ng imported na bigas sa kabila ng “overproduction” sa ilang rehiyon. Dahil dito, tumataas ang logistics costs, at tumataas din ang presyo ng bigas.
Iminungkahi ni Lacson ang komprehensibo at data-driven monitoring and coordination system kung saan kayang i-monitor ng pamahalaang nasyonal at lokal ang supply at demand sa “real time.”
“Magagawa lang natin ‘yan kung efficient at effective ang ating data monitoring at data sharing,” aniya.
Kasama sa “Konsultahang Bayan” forum ang mga stakeholders sa agrikultura, kabilang ang Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) sa pamumuno ng chairman at dating Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor; at ang Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) sa pamumuno ni Rosendo So.
Nagpahayag ng suporta para sa mga mungkahi ni Lacson ang FFF at SINAG.
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