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THE country’s seven major dams have been experiencing a decline in their water contents for lack of rainfall because of the El Niño phenomenon.
Conversely, the water elevation increased in Bulacan’s Ipo Dam from 99.51 meters to 99.55 meters and Benguet’s Binga Dam from 569.72 meters to 569.82 meters. The total production loss and cost of damage in agriculture nationwide due to El Niño were estimated at more than P1.23 billion. Western Visayas reported the highest cost of agricultural damage with P678.7 million.
Financial assistance worth P426,061,272 has so far been provided to the affected individuals in MIMAROPA, the NDRRMC said. DA-Bicol spokesperson Lovella Garin said the drones were useful in providing real-time data in terms of damage assessment, farm planning, mapping, seeding, spraying and overall crop health analysis.
In Cawayan, Masbate, some 1,120 hectares of rice lands were affected, mostly totally damaged or with no chance of recovery, while only 95 hectares are partially damaged.In Albay, 425.4 hectares of farmlands dried up due to El Niño, according to Mayor Aldrin Salceda of Polangui town.
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