The damage to agriculture due to successive tropical cyclones—from Kristine to Ofel—has reached more than P10 billion, the Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday.
According to Bernadette Reyes' report in "24 Oras," the amount excludes the damage incurred during the onslaught of Pepito that exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Monday.
DA spokesperson Arnel De Mesa said: "Our agri areas are supposed to be recovering following the recent disasters, but they find themselves having a hard time doing that."
Among the hardest hit areas during the recent series of storms were Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, and Bicol. Rice fields in Camaligan, Camarines Sur, and Casiguran, Aurora have become like fish ponds due to floods. Crops in Balatan, Camarines Sur, and Baggao, Cagayan were also heavily damaged.
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