01 month082019
Philippine Department of Agriculture: The Philippines is expected to achieve rice production targets
The Philippine Department of Agriculture stated that the Philippines may achieve its rice production target in 2019 because rice farmers are expected to recover from the destruction of tropical depression Usman. An official said that rice varieties with low yields have been damaged, and we will try to make up for them with high-yield varieties. Therefore, regardless of the goal, we must increase production. The tropical depression Usman caused agricultural losses in the Philippines as high as 95763 million pesos, of which rice accounted for 88%. The Philippine National Food Agency said that as of Monday, the government had distributed 13,730 bags of rice to the affected areas.