Netizen shows extent of damage to rice fields by ‘Julian’

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00:00Since the last week of May when the first tropical storm Agon hit the Philippines,

00:04a string of some nine to a dozen storms and typhoons have followed in her wake,

00:08to include Butchoy and the more devastating ones, Carina, Enteng and Ferdi.

00:13All told, the damage of all these typhoons from Agon to Julian

00:17have laid waste to some 420,000 tons of spoiled rice.

00:21Oddly enough, this volume falls well within the DA's projected annual loss

00:25of 600,000 metric tons, leaving the country still sufficient in its supply

00:30and no reason at all to raise prices, as our Claisel Pardilia reports.

00:37Rice fields in Sikalao, Lasam, Cagayan have been severely impacted by Typhoon Julian.

00:43Mark Alamay's post highlights the damage to the rice fields,

00:46with some areas of the farmland also experiencing flooding.

00:50According to the Department of Agriculture Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office,

00:55approximately 52,000 hectares of rice fields may be affected by Typhoon Julian

01:00in the provinces of Batanes and Cagayan.

01:03The Agriculture Department has assured the public the country's rice supply

01:07remains adequate and there is no justification for price increases.

01:26The DA anticipates an increase in treatable rice in the global markets.

01:33India has lifted its export ban on non-basbati rice,

01:37including indica, which is commonly imported by the Philippines.

01:40The Agriculture Department has reported a positive outlook on this development.

02:25There are areas that report 14-15 pesos per kilo, that's fresh.

02:32So that will be about 18-19 pesos clean and dry, compared to 25-27 pesos last season.

02:55Approximately 420,000 metric tons of rice have gone ruined due to El Nino and several typhoons.

03:10This figure remains within the annual agricultural loss estimate of up to 600,000 metric tons.

03:16The DA has pre-possession assistance at its regional offices,

03:20ready to be deployed to help farmers swiftly recover from the impacts of typhoons.

03:26Kalei sa Bardiya for the New and Better Philippines.

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