{"id":59153,"date":"2015-08-17T15:38:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T07:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=59153"},"modified":"2025-01-20T01:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T06:47:50","slug":"escudero-seeks-govt-action-for-farmers-affected-by-el-nino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/17\/escudero-seeks-govt-action-for-farmers-affected-by-el-nino\/","title":{"rendered":"Escudero seeks gov\u2019t action for farmers affected by El Ni\u00f1o"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Senator<\/a>
Senator Chiz Escudero, chairman of the Senate committee on environment and natural resources
(Photo from Escudero’s official Facebook page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Senator Francis \u201cChiz\u201d Escudero, chairman of the Senate committee on environment and natural resources, called on several government agencies to provide assistance for farmers who would be affected by the prevailing El Ni\u00f1o in the country this year.<\/p>\n

Escudero was disappointed with the Department of Agriculture\u2019s (DA) failure to prepare and equip the agricultural sector for the dry season.<\/p>\n

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The said agency was allotted P5 billion to help prepare farmers for the impact of the very dry weather conditions and improve irrigation facilities adaptable to dry months.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department of Agriculture should be in the forefront of this, but based on our analysis, the DA has been very slow in responding to this issue as manifested by its underspending.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s very slow in releasing funds for this purpose,\u201d Escudero said in a Philippine Star report.<\/p>\n

Doing more than pinpointing faults, Escudero urged the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to help address the potential problems El Ni\u00f1o may bring and minimize its damages.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur farmers are going to need all the help they can get in the coming months, and national agencies should be ready to work with local governments to pull our farmers through this difficult season,\u201d he said in a press briefing.<\/p>\n

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When planting crops would only be futile, Escudero hoped that the TESDA could train farmers with technical and vocational skills that would enable them to resort to alternative livelihood during the dry spell.<\/p>\n

And preparing for the worst-case scenario, Escudero urged the DSWD to include farmers and their families as recipients of the conditional cash transfer (CCT).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government has to be proactive and prepare for the worst-case scenario. Our farmers have to be given all kinds of assistance to make up for the projected crop losses because of the drying up of farmlands,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), for its part, has already cautioned that the country could experience intensified El Ni\u00f1o by October and would continue until December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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