Agriculture losses due to the impact of the ongoing El Niño phenomenon have reached more than P1.2 billion, figures from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council showed.
SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ, Nueca Ecija - The country’s agriculture losses due to the impact of the ongoing El Niño phenomenon have reached more than P1.2 billion, figures from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council showed.In its situational report issued Wednesday, the NDRRMC reported that the production loss and damage to agriculture was estimated at P1,236,853,305.
“As of the moment, we’re at the height of El Niño…Hopefully by May, patapos na 'yan, panama na. What we can do is give whatever seeds and fertilizers you can give and other types of plants na 'di nagre-require ng masyadong tubig,” Tiu Laurel told reporters in a press briefing in Nueva Ecija.Tiu Laurel also said the DA is eyeing a possible memorandum of understanding with the Department of Labor and Employment in providing alternative livelihood to the affected farmers.
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