Initial estimates of agricultural damage and losses caused by Typhoon Paeng are at almost P50 million, with nearly 2,000 hectares of farms in three regions affected, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Sunday. Know more:
INITIAL estimates of agricultural damage and losses caused by Typhoon Paeng are at almost P50 million, with nearly 2,000 hectares of farms in three regions affected, the Department of Agriculture said on Sunday.
DA-DRRM OpCen report showed that bulk of the agricultural damage and losses or about 95.38 percent was recorded in the rice sector. The high value crops sector registered P1.24 million worth of damage and losses as 64 MT of assorted vegetables and papaya across 62 hectares were damaged by the typhoon.
“The Department of Agriculture, through its Regional Field Offices , is conducting assessment of damage and losses brought by Paeng in the agri-fisheries sector,” it said.