Farmers at risk from El Niño, urgent gov’t action needed – agri group

MANILA, Philippines—The Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women urged the government to take both immediate and long-term measures to mitigate potential agricultural damage affecting farmers’ livelihoods amid the El Niño Alert and the fuel crisis. Earlier, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) reported that although ENSO-neutral conditions are currently dominant over the