BILLIONS OF PESOS. Typhoon Yolanda damaged P6.9 billion worth of rice, fisheries, crops and agricultural infrastructure, according to the Agriculture department. Photo by Rupert Ambil/Rappler
Damage to agriculture caused by Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) now stands at P6.9 billion. Rice cultivation and fisheries areas suffered the most damage. Rice losses amounted to P2.23 billion, and fisheries, P1.16 billion as of Wednesday, November 13, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported. The DA recorded a total of 137,225 metric tons (MT) of rice crops lost. It said 81,056 hectares of rice fields were affected, and only half them can be recovered. The volume of damage to fisheries was placed at 23,191 MT. The government is using DA-supported food trading terminals in Visayas to avoid a spike in food prices in the island, the DA chief said. Main commodities such as rice, chicken, vegtables and potatoes are now being moved to local government food trading centers from production areas to prevent price increases.
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