BACOLOD CITY – The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist reported P128.6 million in agriculture damage in 22 barangays in three municipalities in Negros Occidental due to Kanlaon Volcano.
VEGETABLES sourced from Canlaon City, Negros Oriental are sold during market day in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental. (Glazyl Masculino)
Data submitted to Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said that as of Jan. 6, rice incurred P3,059,362.02 in damage, corn, P503,352.50; P124,931,974 in high-value commercial crops, and fisheries, P130,005.
A total of 1,382 farmers suffered losses, affecting 580.87 hectares of land, and 14 fisherfolk were affected in six barangays.
Farms planted to rice were affected in Barangays Binubuhan, Mailum, Ma-ao, Don Jorge Araneta, Ilijan, and Atipuluan in Bago City; Barangays Yubo and Ara-al in La Carlota City; and Barangay Sag-ang in La Castellana town.
Corn fields were affected in Barangays Atipuluan and Ma-ao in Bago City; and Barangays Sag-ang, Biak na Bato, and Cabagnaan in La Castellana.
High-value crops in Barangays Mailum, Don Jorge Araneta, Ma-ao, and Ilijan in Bago City; Barangays Yubo and Ara-al in La Carlota City, and Barangays Masulog and Sag-ang in La Castellana were affected.