THE top official of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. urged farmers to enroll in their program in order to avail of aid to cover their crop and livestock losses.
“This year we have seen the most number of people from the agribusiness sector affected by the worsening dry season. The program seeks to mitigate those losses,” Philippine Crop Insurance Regional Director Cresencion Deligero said.
Deligero said that crop insurance coverage includes insurance protection for farmers against losses arising from natural calamities, plant diseases and pest infestations of their palay and corn crops as well as other crops and livestock.
Of the more than 23,000 enrolled in Central Visayas, 2,576 of them have filed their notice of loss due to the El Niño dry spell.