El Niño effort must be ramped up – SRA

REGULATORS are urging sugarcane industry stakeholders to step up efforts to mitigate the impact of the ongoing El Niño weather phenomenon, which is expected to last until June of next year.

While sugarcane “is a very resilient crop . . . we still have to be prepared,” Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) chief Ma. Regina Bautista-Martin said during a recent planning workshop.