DA: Typhoon ‘Frank’ destroyed crops worth P555M
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:46:00 06/24/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Agriculture Monday placed at P555 million the damage to crops brought about by Typhoon “Frank” (international codename: Fengshen) in 246,441 hectares of farmland in Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas and Calabarzon.
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez also reported that floods spawned by the typhoon damaged 180,000 sacks of rice stored at the Iloilo warehouse of the National Food Authority (NFA).
According to a report by the Department of Agriculture’s Central Action Center, the typhoon damaged a total of 242,213 ha planted to palay, 1,064 ha to corn and 3,164 ha planted to vegetables and high-value commercial crops.
The report said that farms in Western Visayas sustained the biggest crop damage amounting to P409.434 million, with a total of 229,512 ha planted to palay either totally or partially damaged.
Losses to palay production were estimated at 17,784 metric tons worth about P448.855 million. The affected rice-growing provinces were Batangas, Laguna, Quezon, Negros Oriental, Leyte, Biliran, Samar, Northern Samar and Eastern Samar.
Even so, the DA Central Action Center said the volume of palay lost would have “a minimal impact on the total production goal for the July-September period as it represented only 0.52 percent of the target production of 3.44 million metric tons in the third quarter.”
Gonzalez also said NFA officials had assured him the 180,000 sacks of rice damaged at the height of the typhoon would not lead to a shortage as there was a sufficient buffer stock in Western Visayas.
Damage to corn amounted to P6.28 million, particularly in Batangas, Cavite, Quezon, Masbate and Cebu.
According to the DA Central Action Center, farms in Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Quezon also lost about P100 million worth of vegetables and high-value commercial crops. Reports from Amy R. Remo and Leila B. Salaverria
MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Agriculture Monday placed at P555 million the damage to crops brought about by Typhoon “Frank” (international codename: Fengshen) in 246,441 hectares of farmland in Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas and Calabarzon.
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez also reported that floods spawned by the typhoon damaged 180,000 sacks of rice stored at the Iloilo warehouse of the National Food Authority (NFA).
According to a report by the Department of Agriculture’s Central Action Center, the typhoon damaged a total of 242,213 ha planted to palay, 1,064 ha to corn and 3,164 ha planted to vegetables and high-value commercial crops.
The report said that farms in Western Visayas sustained the biggest crop damage amounting to P409.434 million, with a total of 229,512 ha planted to palay either totally or partially damaged.
Losses to palay production were estimated at 17,784 metric tons worth about P448.855 million. The affected rice-growing provinces were Batangas, Laguna, Quezon, Negros Oriental, Leyte, Biliran, Samar, Northern Samar and Eastern Samar.
Even so, the DA Central Action Center said the volume of palay lost would have “a minimal impact on the total production goal for the July-September period as it represented only 0.52 percent of the target production of 3.44 million metric tons in the third quarter.”
Gonzalez also said NFA officials had assured him the 180,000 sacks of rice damaged at the height of the typhoon would not lead to a shortage as there was a sufficient buffer stock in Western Visayas.
Damage to corn amounted to P6.28 million, particularly in Batangas, Cavite, Quezon, Masbate and Cebu.
According to the DA Central Action Center, farms in Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Quezon also lost about P100 million worth of vegetables and high-value commercial crops. Reports from Amy R. Remo and Leila B. Salaverria
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