P6.69-million crop damage logged in Albay due to Mayon unrest

LEGAZPI CITY — Damage to crops from Mayon Volcano’s unrest has reached P6.69 million, with ashfall affecting several farmers in Albay, authorities said Tuesday. READ: Mayon Volcano ashfall hits over 30,000 families A total of 41.54 hectares of farmland planted to rice and high-value crops were damaged, according to the Provincial Agriculture Office’s assessment report as of 8 a.m. “Of the total, 17 hectares were partially damaged, while 24.26 hectares were totally damaged,” Officer-in-Charge Provincial Agriculturist Daryl John Buenconsejo told the Inquirer in a phone interview. At least 171 farmers in Camalig, Guinobatan, and Daraga were affected. Losses to rice […]... Keep on reading: P6.69-million crop damage logged in Albay due to Mayon unrest

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