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Mar
9

PHILIPPINES: Food security warnings over El Niño

admin on March 9th, 2010

MANILA, 8 March 2010 (IRIN) - Warnings have been raised over food security in the Philippines as the El Niño phenomenon wreaks havoc across vast agricultural areas, leaving staple crops such as rice dying in parched earth, officials say.
 
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Mar
5

Negros town placed under state of calamity

admin on March 5th, 2010

MANILA, Philippines - The town of Murcia in Negros Occidental province has declared a state of calamity due to the effects on crops of the ongoing dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon.
Murcia town Mayor Esteban Coscolluela said they needed the declaration to be able to release funds for the farmers.
Coscolluela said an initial [...]

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Jan
13

Rice supply sufficient despite El Nino - NFA Quirino

eirolle on January 13th, 2010

From: www.pia.gov.ph
Cabarroguis, Quirino (12 January) — Despite the threat to rice sufficiency posed by the El Nino during the first quarter of 2010, the National Food Authority (NFA) provincial office has assured a steady supply of rice in the province for the next months.
Based on the stock inventory report issued by their office, a [...]

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Jan
12

DA official fears El Nino effect in two weeks

admin on January 12th, 2010

Cauayan City, Isabela (11 January) — Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Director Andrew Villacorta fears that in the next two weeks the effect of El Nino might be felt in the region.
The DA official said that if rains will not fall in the watershed areas of Magat Dam there will be a big effect especially [...]

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