DA, namahagi ng tulong sa mga magsasaka sa Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro na naapektuhan ng #ElNiñoPH
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00:00 The State of Calamity has declared the town of Mansalay in Oriental Mindoro
00:05 due to the severe effects of El Niño.
00:08 The government is distributing various aid.
00:11 This is what Clayzel Pardilla reported.
00:13 The effects of El Niño in some places in Oriental Mindoro are already severe.
00:20 In the Aerial Inspection of the Department of Agriculture,
00:24 it can be seen that this rice was burned and turned into ashes in the heat.
00:31 In the barangay next to Pinamanayan town,
00:34 some crops in Agos barangay in Gloria town were also dried.
00:39 But one of the most affected by the severe heat caused by El Niño
00:45 is the town of Mansalay that declared the State of Calamity.
00:49 According to the local government of Mansalay,
00:53 70% of the 4,000 hectares of land in Mansalay
00:59 were affected by the severe heat caused by El Niño.
01:03 Just like this rice,
01:05 in the heat,
01:07 the soil turned into stone.
01:10 The crops were dried and were not used.
01:15 It was hot and it was almost not raining in the area.
01:19 That's why the water in the balloons was quickly drained.
01:23 The small rivers in the barangay that irrigate the crops were also dried.
01:29 In the pool, the 3 hectares of crops were used by Roberto
01:32 were used as fertilizer and fertilizer to be able to grow crops.
01:37 It's not big anymore, it's already burned.
01:39 It's too hot.
01:41 The water is dried up.
01:42 There's no water to be collected.
01:44 That's why when this happened, we were a bit ashamed of what we owe.
01:52 We just talked to those who gave us space
01:57 so that they know and see the situation.
02:01 Before Sheryl can plant rice and vegetables again,
02:05 her three children are still expecting her to earn from farming.
02:11 The rice that we harvested is still not enough to grow the first crop.
02:17 We will continue to look for a way to make a living.
02:22 According to the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.,
02:26 the farmers affected by the NMU helped.
02:30 The Department of Agriculture and other agencies helped the farmers in Manzalay, Oriental, Mindoro.
02:37 This is important especially since Mindoro is considered one of the top rice producing areas.
02:43 More than 200 beneficiaries received a small amount of assistance from the Rice Farmer Financial Program.
02:51 The DA also paid the damaged crops of the farmers under the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation Program.
02:58 The agency gave 10,000 pesos for each hectare affected by the calamity.
03:03 The Agency also has a credit and policy council.
03:07 Each farmer can borrow P25,000.
03:11 This is not a collateral interest that can be paid within three years.
03:16 The agency also brought free rice and farm input.
03:19 In total, more than P28 million was given to the farmers.
03:26 We are here to show that the support of the whole Agriculture Department is here.
03:32 We hope that you will not get tired of going to the office if there is a disaster.
03:38 We are here to help because this will be our alternative to restart our agriculture
03:48 so that we can recover from the disaster of the NMU.
03:53 We need to be prepared for the next disaster.
03:56 It is important for me to borrow money because I need water.
04:02 I am just a farmer who is taking care of my four children.
04:07 We have gained additional knowledge in inspecting the farms to see what is really needed.
04:13 Case in point, we went to a farm earlier and there was a balloon that was drying up.
04:20 Some of the interventions that can be done, NIA has equipment to find aquifers or balloons that can collect water.
04:30 We can also ask other agriculturalists or municipal or provincial agricultural officers to do cloud seeding.
04:40 The Mansalay-LGU is also preparing a quick response fund.
04:44 The total annual budget for 2024 is Php 4,623,000.
04:50 We are still making guidelines.
04:53 We cannot plant rice because the land of the farms is divided.
05:01 So, what we are doing now is to help them with their food.
05:08 According to the latest report of the DA, Php 762,000 out of Php 58,000 of the rice fields in Oriental Mindoro were affected by the NMU.
05:19 Despite this, the agency assured that the rice supply will not be short.
05:25 Based on our data, the total metric tons loss is Php 48,332 metric tons.
05:39 But it's only 0.52% of the total harvested this dry season, which is 9.9 million metric tons.
05:50 From Oriental Mindoro, I'm Ley Zalfar Delia for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.