PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — The City Council here declared the city under a state of calamity Tuesday following the estimated PHP102 million damages on agricultural products brought by the dry spell.
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — The City Council here declared the city under a state of calamity Tuesday following the estimated PHP102 million damages on agricultural products brought by the dry spell.
City Agriculturist Annie Tenorio said the drought has affected more than a thousand farmers from the city’s 40 barangays.
Tenorio said damages in rice reached PHP9.3 million from the 18 barangays while corn damages reached PHP69.6 million from the eight barangays.
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