Rains ruin P325-M tobacco plants in Ilocos
February 5, 2006 | 12:00am
SAN FERNANDO CITY Rains spawned by the diffused tail-end of a cold front have destroyed tobacco plants worth P325.03 million in the Ilocos region.
In a report, Carlito Encarnacion, of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA), gave Edgar Nigel Lontoc, regional director of the National Disaster and Coordinating Council (NDCC) based at Camp Florendo here, a provincial breakdown of the damage.
The breakdown: Ilocos Sur, P174.08 million; La Union, P94.37 million; Pangasinan, P30.44 million; and Ilocos Norte, P26.14 million.
NTA has adopted remedial measures to cushion the effects of the crop losses to tobacco farmers.
Farmers have borrowed most of their capital from a private tobacco contractors and financing institutions.
In a report, Carlito Encarnacion, of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA), gave Edgar Nigel Lontoc, regional director of the National Disaster and Coordinating Council (NDCC) based at Camp Florendo here, a provincial breakdown of the damage.
The breakdown: Ilocos Sur, P174.08 million; La Union, P94.37 million; Pangasinan, P30.44 million; and Ilocos Norte, P26.14 million.
NTA has adopted remedial measures to cushion the effects of the crop losses to tobacco farmers.
Farmers have borrowed most of their capital from a private tobacco contractors and financing institutions.
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