DA: Halaga ng pinsalang dala ng Bagyong #EgayPH sa agrikultura, umabot sa higit P53M

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00:00 The amount of rice left by the Egye storm in agriculture is now more than 50 million pesos.

00:06 The Department of Agriculture assured that they are looking for help for the affected farmers.

00:12 Claycel Fardilla has the details.

00:14 Jack's rice fields in Luna, Apayao are already flooded and are already in full bloom.

00:23 But due to the continuous rain, the Egye super storm hit the rice fields, which were filled with water and were flooded.

00:32 The rain was heavy for two days. The water was flooded from the river.

00:41 Our rice fields were still submerged.

00:45 The rice and corn are totally damaged.

00:53 Maybe the government can help us.

01:03 The storm also built and flooded this famous strawberry farm in La Trinidad, Benguet.

01:13 The farm was almost destroyed due to the flood.

01:17 According to the Department of Agriculture, the Egye super storm hit the rice fields with more than 53 million pesos.

01:28 The rice, corn, chicken and pork were in the pool.

01:33 In Cordillera, Calabarzon, Mimaropa and Caraga.

01:37 The reported damage to the Occidental Mindoro is about 2,000 hectares.

01:43 That's about 20 million work.

01:45 Most of it is partially damaged rice.

01:48 I'm talking about the Agusan del Sur, 18 million hectares of corn.

01:52 We're expecting that this will increase in the next few hours and days

01:57 because our ground personnel are going around and getting damage reports.

02:05 Despite the storm, the DA assured that the rice, vegetables and meat supply in the country is enough.

02:14 They have no reason to increase the price of the products.

02:18 The call of the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura is to help the farmers

02:24 so that they can plant again and not get affected by the El Niño.

02:29 It's important for them to protect the local rice production.

02:33 The supply is expected to shrink in the upcoming market

02:38 following the implementation of rice export in some countries.

02:42 They will provide support if it's for buying, fertilizer, pesticides or machineries.

02:53 In the next few years, we will really run out of rice.

02:59 We are happy with our direction in local production

03:04 because we have no hope in the global market,

03:07 especially the rice, which is very thin.

03:12 The Agriculture Department is crying.

03:15 We can recover easily because our calamity fund,

03:23 our quick response fund and our seed reserve are all there to help the farmers.

03:31 The DA is asking the regional offices of the agency

03:36 to report the situation of their crops and get help.

03:41 Kaleizang pardiliya for the morning show of the country.

03:46 Rise and shine, Philippines!