THE National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) reported that the damage to agriculture due to the El Niño phenomenon is now over over P941 million.

According to the latest incident report of the NDRRMC, the production loss and cost of damage in agriculture was estimated at P941,730,702.

Meanwhile, the Western Visayas had reported the highest value of agricultural damage with P564,056,192.

This is followed by Mimaropa with P319,755,957, Ilocos with P54,450,077, Calabarzon with P2,750,947, and Zamoanga with P717,527.

Meanwhile, in San Miguel, Bulacan, some 25 of the 49 barangays are already affected by El Niño. 

They said that Barangay Sacdalan suffered the most extensive damage in crops.

“Doon naman po sa ibang barangay, may mga hundred hectares din po. Pero sa buong San Miguel po, out of 49 barangays, meron po tayong 25 barangay na naapektuhan po ng  El Niño dito sa bayan namin,” San Miguel government’s agriculturist Glenn Ortiz told GMA’s Unang Balita.

Some 16,709 farmers and fisherfolks and 14,854 hectares of crops were affected due to El Niño.