1,800 tons of rice seeds distributed in Visayas

To ensure that farmers in the provinces battered by Super Typhoon Yolanda on November 8 will have the opportunity to repair the damages on their farms, the Food and Agriculture Office (FAO) announced that is now distributing 1,800 tons of rice seeds to 44,000 farming families severely impacted by the weather disturbance.

All of these farmers are living in Regions 6 and 8. Yolanda devastated an estimated 63,234 hectares of rice lands in the two Visayan regions.