MANILA — The reduced volume of irrigation water to be released from Angat Dam is not expected to negatively affect agricultural productivity, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Thursday.
MANILA — The reduced volume of irrigation water to be released from Angat Dam is not expected to negatively affect agricultural productivity, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Thursday.
The National Water Resource Board (NWRB) earlier announced that they may reduce the volume of water to be released because of the El Nio phenomenon.
However, DA Assistant Secretary Andrew Villacorta, in a press briefing, said it is too late in the planting season for this to affect production, such as in rice, because farmers have already harvested their crops.
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