THE Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday said that Super Typhoon Karding's damage to the agriculture sector further increased to P3.12 billion as destroyed palay plantation reached P2.05 billion.

The DA said that at least 170,762 hectares of farmlands in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon), Bicol Region and Western Visayas were affected by "Karding."

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