The cost of crops and livestock lost in the eruption of the Taal Volcano has jumped to P3.06 billion, the Department of Agriculture said Friday, as various groups sought to bring relief to survivors. Some 6,000 tilapia and bangus cages in Taal Lake accounted for the largest chunk of the damage at P1.6 billion, said the DA. The rest were losses from some 1,900 animals and plantations of coffee, cacao, pineapple, fruits and vegetables, rice, and coconut in Batangas, Cavite and Laguna, said the agency.

Agri losses due to Taal eruption now at P3 billion. (2020, January 18-19). Daily Guardian, p. 13.