El Niño Impact on Rice Harvest May Be Less Than Feared
The Philippine Department of Agriculture has revised its projection for rice harvest losses due to El Niño, narrowing the potential decline to about 400,000 metric tons from an earlier estimate of 700,000 metric tons, thanks to recent rains boosting dam levels.
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