THE damage caused by Typhoon Tisoy to the farm sector has climbed to P3.7 billion, affecting over 92,000 farmers in at least seven regions, according to the latest report of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
THE damage caused by Typhoon Tisoy to the farm sector has climbed to P3.7 billion, affecting over 92,000 farmers in at least seven regions, according to the latest report of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
The DA Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Operations Center (OpCen) said Typhoon Tisoy damaged 132,166 hectares of rice, corn and high-value crops with production losses estimated at 195,046 metric tons (MT).
The typhoon also affected livestock and fisheries subsectors, according to the DA-DRRM OpCen damage report issued on Monday afternoon.
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