El Nino Advisory DA READIES CROP INSURANCE, LOANS IN DROUGHT HIT AREAS

By Manny Piñol

The immediate release of Crop Insurance Payments and Survival and Recovery (SURE) loan grants will be undertaken by the Department of Agriculture to support farmers who will be affected by the El Niño this year.

The assistance and interventions will be based mainly on reports from the field by DA workers and the El Nino Task Force which was organized as early as last year.

The PAG-ASA has released maps showing areas which will be affected by El Nino this year and the DA will be guided by these maps in preparing interventions and assistance.

Crop Insurance will cover up to 100% of the damage while the SURE Loans will grant up to P25,000 in a No-Interest, No-Collateral Loan payable in three years.

For more information, please contact the nearest DA Regional Office or indicate the affected areas by posting your name and your contact number in the message box of this post.

Thank you.

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(Infographics on El Niño were prepared by PAG-ASA.)