Negros Occidental eyes P15-M El Niño budget

By Eugene Y. Adiong

Apr 24, 2023 12:07 am

BACOLOD CITY: Negros Occidental is bracing for the possible onslaught of El Niño with a proposed P15-million budget to fund programs aimed at addressing its impact on local farmers.

Dr. Edmund Causing, provincial agriculturist, said an El Niño Task Force has been created based on the advice of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

The sugar farm workers also known as ‘sagadas’ are loading the harvested sugar stalks from this file photo taken in the year 2020 on a Negros Occidental farm. The extensive drought this year might affect the sugar production of the province. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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