THE Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas has remained optimistic to achieve its rice yield target of five metric tons per hectare amid calamities that hit the region this year, its top official said.
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas has remained optimistic to achieve its rice yield target of five metric tons per hectare amid calamities that hit the region this year, its top official said.
Remelyn Recoter, director of DA-Western Visayas, said the agriculture sector is climate dependent.
Recoter said the El Nio phenomenon during the first half of the year resulted in reduction in planted areas as some farmers were not able to plant.
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