The Department of Agriculture (DA) is ramping up efforts to aid farmers and fisherfolk as farm damage from recent typhoons and the southwest monsoon breached P1 billion. In its latest report, the DA noted that the losses incurred by 55,595 farmers and fishers have reached P1.38 billion, with the volume of production damage across nine regions pegged at 109,997 metric tons (MT). Rice sustained the most of the damage caused by the combined effects of the southwest monsoon and typhoons Mirasol, Nando, and Opong at 88,118 MT. Corn, high-value crops, and cassava also sustained damage at 16,431 MT, 5,439 MT, and 9 MT, respectively.

Pelonia, A. (2025, September 29). DA rushes help for farmers, fishermen. BusinessMirror, p. A5.