AGRICULTURE damage from Super Typhoon Egay (international name: Doksuri) has reached P4.66 billion, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday.
In a bulletin, the agency said the typhoon had affected 187,225 farmers and fisherfolk, with a total volume loss of 158,995 metric tons (MT) covering 200,456 hectares of farmland.
Affected commodities included rice, corn, high-value crops, livestock and poultry, and fisheries, it said.
Irrigation systems, agricultural and fishery infrastructure, and fishing paraphernalia were also damaged.
Affected regions were the Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Soccsksargen and Caraga.
Rice damage hit P1.79 billion, with a volume of production loss at 42,778 MT, or 0.22% of the total annual output target. — Sheldeen Joy Talavera
