MANILA — Malacaang on Tuesday expressed hope that the government’s policy shift to allow the importation of rice and other crops will compensate for the agriculture losses brought about by Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut).
The Department of Agriculture (DA) earlier said that agricultural damage in the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR), caused by the typhoon, reached PHP14.27 billion with huge losses in rice, corn, high-value crops, and livestock.
We can’t deny that PHP14 billion was a very high cost to agriculture. However, we now have a policy shift, we have allowed the entry of import of food products which we hope will bring down the cost of good, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace briefing.
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