CITY OF MALOLOS—Bulacan’s agriculture sector needs P500 million to mitigate the effects and anticipated damages of a Super El Niño on the province’s farmlands, according to Bulacan experts in a report.    Gloria Carillo, Bulacan agriculture officer, asked for the allotment of P511,909,400  to cushion the brunt of El Niño on rice production, high-value crops and fisheries.  Carillo told the Inquirer on Saturday (October 24) that the budget proposal has not yet been approved.   READ: PH bracing for P20-B losses from El Niño  An action plan for the El Niño budget would provide compensation for a series of worst-case scenarios: a […]...

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