Losses and damage to the country's agriculture sector resulting from the El Niño phenomenon has reached nearly P4 billion, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Friday.
Losses and damage to the country's agriculture sector resulting from the El Niño phenomenon has reached nearly P4 billion, the Department of Agriculture said Friday.In its El Niño bulletin, the DA said the estimated damage to the farm sector in 11 regions — Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Davao Region, and Soccsksargen — stood at P3.
For financial and livelihood assistance, the DA said it has provided a total of 60,013 native animals to 334 groups and 534 individual farmers nationwide through its Philippine Native Animal Development Program."In addition, the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance Program has provided financial assistance to 139,002 farmers in Cagayan Valley with a total amount of P701.96 million, and 71,795 farmers in Mimaropa Region with a total amount of P362.56 million," it said.
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