CITY OF CAUAYAN: The Isabela Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has recommended to Gov. Rodolfo Albano III and the provincial board to declare a state of calamity in the province due to the growing damage on agriculture which reached more than P1 billion.

In its second regular quarterly meeting on Thursday, May 2, assistant provincial agriculturist Arlene Castillo said that at least 30,000 hectares of farmland planted with palay, corn, vegetables and other crops have been destroyed due to the El Niño phenomenon.

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