The El Niño crisis: A call for urgent irrigation reforms

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The Department of Agriculture (DA) announced in August that the El Niño-induced droughts in 15 regions damaged farm goods worth P15.3 billion.(See, "Report: Farmers lose P15.3B due to El Niño,” in the BusinessMirror, August 5, 2024).

The country experienced one of the strongest El Niño episodes in nearly half a century this year.

Task Force El Niño said in May that 276 cities and municipalities declared a state of calamity due to the impact of droughts not just on agriculture but also on the health of residents.