The Philippines may experience the impact of El Niño on rice supply starting the second quarter of next year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.
“Iyong impact natin na tinitingnan will be by second quarter kasi nga ang forecast natin for the El Niño is itong dry season nag-ii-start na, it will end March next year meaning planting na ngayon nag-start na ‘yung ibang areas most probably magha-harvest na sila by January, February,” DA's Director of Field Operations Service U-Nichols Manalo said in an interview with CNN Philippines.
The DA said if rainfall in a normal month went below average, the supply for water in irrigation sites may be compromised. [Translation: But let us see in the coming months of January in Luzon areas, especially Northern Luzon, where the summer season is coming because historically the crops are dry there, like the mangoes, onions, tobaccos, and other flowering vegetative, it can be destroyed when it’s long soaked in water. That means that the dry season favors some areas.]
"Iyong areas na nagtatanim pa ng rice pero magkakaroon ng kakulangan ang isang strategy is to offer drought-resistant or variety at least na nagta-thrive sa mga kulang na tubig na area may available na almost 38 BPI-registered rice seed varieties," He said.
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