GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The damage to agricultural crops in South Cotabato as a result of the prevailing dry spell has increased to around PHP80 million as the affected farm areas continued to expand as of Tuesday, the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG) said.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The damage to agricultural crops in South Cotabato as a result of the prevailing dry spell has increased to around PHP80 million as the affected farm areas continued to expand as of Tuesday, the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG) said.
Ma. Luisa Santillana, operations chief of OPAG-South Cotabato, said three of the province’s 10 municipalities and lone city have already reported severe damages to crops due to the worsening dry weather triggered by the El Nio phenomenon.
She said the affected areas already reached some 2,273 hectares, covering 11 barangays in Surallah, 10 in Sto. Nio and nine in Banga town.
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