AGRICULTURE

COTABATO CITY - The food security czar of the Aquino administration has assured an irrigation project will rise in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, site of bloody clashes between government force and Moro armed men last January.Food Security Sec.

COTABATO CITY -- The long dry spell affecting Mindanao has damaged about P17 million worth of agricultural products, officials today said.About 300 farmers in 400 hectares of rice and corn fields were also affected in 19 of 37 villages in the city.Barangay Kalangan
2 has the highest crop damages which agriculture officials placed at P2.2 million.Guialuson Datumanong,Barangay Kalanganan Dos

KORONADAL CITY -- The national government through the Department of Agriculture initiated a two-day peace caravan which was highlighted by the distribution of almost Php400-M worth of projects and assistance to farmer groups and local government units of SOCCSKSARGEN Region and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), officials said today. The visit of Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala was a clear indication the government agency's concern for the agriculture sector as part of the national government's food sufficiency program.

COTABATO CITY (Apr.11) --- The Department of Agriculture on Friday assured of interventions needed to mitigate the impact of the now three-month drought plaguing Central Mindanao and neighboring Moro dominated provinces.Christian, lumad and Moro farmers in Region 12 and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao had lost P450 million worth of rice and corn crops during the period, withered by the scorching heat and absence of rains.Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala urged residents in Central Mindanao and Maguindanao, a component province of ARMM, to conserve water amid the continuing dry s

COTABATO CITY - Agriculture Sec.

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Hundreds of farmers in North Cotabato are bracing for longer dry spell as
the cost of damaged crops continue to rise in the province, agriculture official
today said.

To
date, the dry spell has already destroyed about P230-million worth of
agricultural crops such as rice, corn, banana and rubber, North Cotabato’s major
products.

Dr.
Eliseo Mangliwan, North Cotabato provincial agriculturist, if the dry spell
continues until next month, more crops will be damaged.

KIDAPAWAN CITY - A city councilor here is contemplating of filing a resolution putting the city under state of calamity due to the extend of damages to agricultural products due to the long dry spell. Councilor Mario Flores, chair of the Sangguniang Panglungsod committee on agriculture, said the drought which started to hit Kidapawan City and the province in January has already damaged about P44 million worth of crops in the city's 40 villages.Flores said severely affected are banana, palay and corn.

KORONADAL CITY -- The National Food Authority in South Cotabato has assured the public of ample supply of rice should the dry spell continue, an NFA official said.Roque Hilario, NFA provincial manager, said currently NFA has91,000 bags buffer stocks or security stocks in its warehouse. We have enough rice supply, Hilario said, adding thesupply would last for about 200 days. Hilario said preparations for any disaster or calamity was part of the security disaster plan of NFA in 2015. The NFA has been prepared for the El Nino phenomenon, he told DXOM-AM Radyo Bida Koronadal.

KIDAPAWAN CITY -Some P68 million worth of crops in North Cotabato, majority of which are considered high-value, were destroyed by a long dry spell, data from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG) showed. Cotabato provincial agriculturist Engineer Eliseo Mangliwan said the damaged crops could no longer be recovered. It’s actually a total loss of our crops with no chance of recovery,” said Mangliwan. The damaged crops included rice, corn, and high-value crops such as banana, cacao, and coffee.

COTABATO
CITY – The Department of Agriculture in Central Mindanao (DA-12) has mobilized
its Quick Response Team and Technical Working Group to determine the extent damages
to crops due to the dry spell happening in the region.

DA-12
Regional Director Amalia Jayag Datukan admitted the dry spell Sa panayam ng
DXMS Radyo Bida kay DA 12 Director Amalia Datukan ilan sa mga probinsya ngayon
ng rehiyon ang masyadong naapektuhan ng init ng panahon.