Residents clean the road a day after Typhoon Nock-Ten (Photo: Philstar) Hanoi (VNA) – The preliminary cost of damage to the Philippineagriculture sector has risen to 4 billion peso (80 million USD), the country’sDepartment of Agriculture said on December 28.
According to the department, reports from localities showed 65,247 ha ofagricultural areas in Calabarzon and Bicol regions were affected with anestimated production loss of 268,355 tonnes, including rice, corn, high-valuecrops and fishery output.
The same day, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol said President Rodrigo Dutertehas approved an initial allocation of 500 million peso (10.06 million USD) torehabilitate agriculture and fishery sectors in the affected regions.
Typhoon Nock-Ten hit the Philippines’ Luzon island on Christmas Day, leaving atleast six people dead and 19 missing. The typhoon left the country on late December27.
Philippine islands are often stricken by storms that are formed in the PacificOcean. The Southeast Asian country endures about 20 major storms each year,many of them deadly.
The most powerful and deadliest was Haiyan, which left 7,350 people dead ormissing and destroyed entire towns in the central Philippines in November2013.-VNA
According to the department, reports from localities showed 65,247 ha ofagricultural areas in Calabarzon and Bicol regions were affected with anestimated production loss of 268,355 tonnes, including rice, corn, high-valuecrops and fishery output.
The same day, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol said President Rodrigo Dutertehas approved an initial allocation of 500 million peso (10.06 million USD) torehabilitate agriculture and fishery sectors in the affected regions.
Typhoon Nock-Ten hit the Philippines’ Luzon island on Christmas Day, leaving atleast six people dead and 19 missing. The typhoon left the country on late December27.
Philippine islands are often stricken by storms that are formed in the PacificOcean. The Southeast Asian country endures about 20 major storms each year,many of them deadly.
The most powerful and deadliest was Haiyan, which left 7,350 people dead ormissing and destroyed entire towns in the central Philippines in November2013.-VNA
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