Nearly 266,000 hectares of rice and corn farms are at risk as Typhoon Ambo hit the country, prompting the Department of Agriculture (DA) to release portions of its Quick Response Fund (QRF).
Based on the latest data from the DA’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council , Ambo, the first storm to make a landfall in the Philippines for this year, will affect rice and corn areas, particularly those under reproductive and maturity stages.
Agriculture Spokesperson Noel Reyes said the DA is “now prepared” and that interventions are now being positioned.However, Reyes did not specify the amount of money that will be withdrawn from QRF, which is a built-in fund allocation or stand-by budget that certain agencies can tap into immediately to assist areas stricken by natural calamities.
DA also prepositioned drugs and biologics for livestock and poultry needs, as well as funds from the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation to indemnify farmers. Ambo, it added, may also replenish any rainwater harvesting facilities such as dams and small scale irrigation projects.
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