The Department of Agriculture (DA) renewed its call to farmers on Tuesday to sustain their planting of crops despite a looming El Niño threat.
The Department of Agriculture renewed its call to farmers on Tuesday to sustain their planting of crops despite a looming El Niño threat.
The DA, he added, will also conduct mapping to identify areas that run the risk of being highly affected by a possible draught and not to increase production. On July 3, the DA said that it has started implementing measures to mitigate the effects of the looming El Niño phenomenon or dry spell on farm production.
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