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00:00 The farmers in Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro are still unsure on how to recover from the severe drought caused by the El Niño.

00:09 They even lost their loans in farming.

00:13 The government said that it has help for the farmers.

00:16 Here is the part 2 of the special report of Darlene Kai.

00:25 Our debt is growing. We are just praying that we will have time to earn money somehow.

00:37 More than 200 municipalities in the country are under state of calamity because of the El Niño, according to the latest report of the Task Force El Niño.

00:49 The hope is that we will continue to feel the effects of this disaster this month.

00:55 After that, we will face the El Niño phenomenon.

01:00 While the rain is not yet coming in, the problem of our farmers is still big.

01:14 The farmers in Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro are among them.

01:19 That is the first place in the Philippines that declared a state of calamity because of the El Niño.

01:24 But not a single piece of melon has been eaten by the farmers here.

01:30 The few pieces that grew have been spoiled or not grown.

01:35 Because of the lack of water, we don't have water.

01:39 So this won't grow?

01:40 No, it won't grow. We can't support it with water because we need water.

01:44 So you won't be able to grow it?

01:45 No, we won't be able to grow it.

01:46 The farmers here don't know what to feed their families.

01:53 The farmers here are really pitiful because they don't have any income because of the drought.

01:59 So they don't have any income.

02:05 How can they recover if they can't grow a plant?

02:10 It's been six months since it rained in Bulalacao.

02:14 The rivers are dry. The irrigation is also dry.

02:19 The banana trees are dry. The crops are scattered.

02:24 Jason said that his family has been farming for decades.

02:29 They just experienced this severe drought.

02:33 It was hot for a long time.

02:36 So we really didn't have a mother.

02:39 Even though it was hot, it was still raining.

02:45 So we still had income.

02:47 Jason's debt grew bigger and bigger.

02:50 So he decided to give up and stop farming.

02:55 Now, I'm just extravingigating.

03:01 I'm also riding a tricycle to earn money.

03:04 According to the municipal agriculturist,

03:06 the farmers and their families will be hungry for five more months.

03:11 There will be a long hunger because the season of income from farming is long.

03:16 The next crop is in July.

03:18 The next harvest is in October.

03:22 The daily life of the farmers is also not dry.

03:27 In the past, the water from the well of Florence's family was not enough.

03:32 Now, they can't even get a single bucket.

03:36 You have to save.

03:37 It's really hard when you want to take a bath, but there's no water.

03:42 You can't do anything.

03:44 You just have to wait.

03:45 Florence tried to pump water that she will use for washing.

03:49 She couldn't get a single minute.

03:53 Despite the wells that El Nino pumped in the country,

03:57 the government said that there is no need to worry about food, water and energy supply.

04:04 We can see the wells in the farms, the dry rice, and the damaged crops.

04:09 That's what we see as damage.

04:12 But of course, agriculture is not the only thing that can be affected.

04:16 Water security, energy security, and food sufficiency can also be affected.

04:20 But the government is now assuring through the El Nino Task Force

04:24 that the supply of all these is enough.

04:28 For rice, for example, our supply is enough until September

04:32 because of the imported rice that came in and will be imported.

04:35 But according to the Federation of Free Farmers Cooperative,

04:38 the supply of rice may be insufficient because of the frequent interruption of the arrival of the rain.

04:43 In the town of Bulalacao,

04:45 more than 500 farmers received indemnity checks

04:50 because their crops were insured.

04:53 They are still processing rice from other farmers.

04:56 Because they are under the State of Calamity,

04:59 they can use the Calamity Fund of the LGU.

05:01 That's why they were given 25 kilos of rice from other farmers.

05:06 The government also gave cash assistance, fuel subsidy,

05:09 and farming supplies to affected farmers in other parts of the country.

05:13 Not only to meet the immediate needs, but also the long-term needs.

05:18 In terms of long-term needs, Oriental Mindoro issued a fund

05:23 for the solar-powered irrigation system.

05:27 The Department of Agriculture plans to build cold storage facilities.

05:31 In terms of water, they can build a new dam.

05:35 For now, they are building old dams.

05:39 Even if it's raining slowly these past days,

05:43 according to the forecast, it doesn't mean we are safe from the El Niño.

05:47 It will continue to rain in the future.

05:51 Before year 2000, the occurrences of strong El Niño events

05:56 is around every 10 to 15 years.

05:58 Due to climate change as a result of global warming,

06:01 we can see the strong El Niño events.

06:05 And as for the things we should blame, it's us.

06:09 The so-called one-man or human activities,

06:13 of course, they have a contribution.

06:18 The areas that were not yet cemented,

06:24 or the buildings or the non-urban areas,

06:27 we convert our lands.

06:30 So, land use change, the contribution is also big.

06:33 Especially in terms of global warming.

06:36 If we are the ones who have the power, shouldn't we also make a way?

06:41 It's true that the environment is a tough opponent.

06:44 But this is the reality that we should prepare again and again.

06:50 And at the same time, we should continue to look at

06:55 how we can contribute to long-term care of the environment.

07:03 This is the first news.

07:05 Darlene Cai for GMA Integrated News.

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