AGRICULTURE officials in the Northern Mindanao region are considering cloud seeding and installation of solar-powered irrigation as response to helping the farmers mitigate the mild El Nio phenomenon that is affecting their crops for about a month now.
AGRICULTURE officials in the Northern Mindanao region are considering cloud seeding and installation of solar-powered irrigation as response to helping the farmers mitigate the mild El Nio phenomenon that is affecting their crops for about a month now.
Provincial agriculturist Jose Apollo Pacamalan, however, said they would explore first if there are sources of water underground and other bodies of water to irrigate the crops, though they are also considering cloud-seeding procedure to save rice, corn, vegetables, high value crops and other agricultural products.
“Costly but strategic so we will explore and consider cloud-seeding procedure,” he said, adding that cloud seeding can be recommended if there are crops that were not yet harvested on a large scale proportion.
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