For typhoon-hit areas

FOUR MINDANAO REGIONS READY

TO AIRLIFT VEGGIES, FISH, FRUITS

By Manny Piñol

Four regional areas of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Mindanao are ready to airlift food supplies to Northern Luzon provinces devastated by Typhoon Ompong.

Early today, I issued instructions to the DA Regional Directors of Regions IX, X, XI and XII to consolidate basic food items which may be needed in Northern Luzon.

Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX) has been tasked to supply fish and sardines, Northern Mindanao (Region X) vegetables while Davao (Region XI) and Central Mindanao (Region XII) fruits, especially bananas.

Today, when President Rody Duterte will personally visit typhoon ravaged areas, I will ask him to direct the Department of National Defense and Armed Forces of the Philippines to dispatch Air Force C-130 aircrafts to the four regions to pick up the food supplies.

The DA Regional Offices in Cagayan Valley, Cordillera and Ilocos will be tasked to ensure the efficient distribution of the food supplies to the public markets so it would be available to consumers.

The DA will also coordinate with poultry producers in Luzon areas not affected by the typhoon to supply dressed chicken.

Hog raisers will also be placed on alert to supply meat to the typhoon-affected areas should there be a need for it.

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