Department of Agriculture spokesman Arnel de Mesa says the sector suffers an average of 500,000 to 600,000 metric tons in palay production losses every year due to heavy rain and flooding
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MANILA, Philippines – The agricultural damage the Philippines incurs every year due to tropical cyclones andmay be lessened if only flood control projects were more effective, said Department of Agriculture spokesman Arnel de Mesa on Monday, August 18. Farmers and fisherfolk, among the poorest in the country, are in the frontlines of the climate crisis exacerbating the impact of disasters. In 2024, at least a million farmers and fishers sufferedin agricultural losses caused to a great degree by El Niño. Palay output alone declined then by almost a million metric tons.
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