GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The damage to agricultural crops here due to the prevailing dry spell brought about by the weak El Niño phenomenon has increased to about PHP12.4 million, as the drought affected more areas in the past weeks. Elsie Villanueva, assistant head of the City Agriculture Office (CAO), said Friday their monitoring showed that the farm areas affected by … [Read more...] about Crop damage due to dry spell rises to P12-M in GenSan
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Dry spell affects 12 NoCot towns, damaged P300M crops
DAVAO CITY (March 6)--- The present dry spell has already affected 12 municipalities in North Catabato and the estimated damage to agricultural crops has been estimated to cost P300-million. In a report published by the Philippines News Agency, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) officer, Arnulfo Villaruz, identified the affected towns as … [Read more...] about Dry spell affects 12 NoCot towns, damaged P300M crops
