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Drought has dried up some 3,241 hectares of rice and corn fields in 24 local government units across Negros Occidental, latest data from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist showed. As of Wednesday, affected are 4,431 farmers in 167 barangays with reported damage to crops totaling PHP173.576 million, based on the period covering November 2023 until April 12, 2024.
Some 4,266 farmers in 148 barangays have been affected. Worst-hit are rice farms in the south, particularly Cauayan town and Kabankalan City. In Cauayan alone, rice fields in 20 of its 25 villages planted by 1,128 farmers have been affected, with total damage pegged at PHP67.889 million while in Kabankalan, 13 barangays with 1,214 farmers reported damage worth PHP41.910 million. The other affected LGUS include Candoni, Bago City, Himamaylan City, San Enrique, Valladolid, E.B.
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