MANILA: The El Nino dry spell and ensuring drought have caused over 1.75 billion pesos (roughly US$31 million) in damage to Philippine agriculture, a senior government official said on Wednesday (March 20).
This year's losses due to El Nino are still low compared to 2009 when the damage to agriculture reached 17 billion pesos ($302 million), Presidential Communications Office Assistant Secretary Joey Villarama said, citing data from the Philippines' Department of Agriculture.
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