Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 18) The government sees a recovery in rice production in early 2019 after the agriculture sector suffered sizable damage from calamities this year, a Cabinet official said Tuesday.
In his yearend report presented in a media briefing, Agriculture Chief Manny Piol they are looking at a possible rice harvest of around 4.7 million metric tons (MMT) in January to June 2019 from 4.46 MMT in the same period this year.
He said the agriculture sector sufffered billions of pesos in damage from storms “Henry”, “Inday”, “Josie” and “Ompong.” Typhoon “Ompong,” in particular, caused ?26 billion pesos worth of crop damage.
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