GENERAL SANTOS CITY: Around  2,400 hectares of farmlands in Sarangani province have been devastated because of a continuing dry spell there that had been triggered by  the onset of a mild El Niño phenomenon.

Jonathan Duhaylungsod, Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG) chief, on Thursday  said, the intense dry weather since January has caused irrigation supplies to drop and farmlands in parts of the province to dry up, damaging various crops.

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