Farmers harvest first crops after Yolanda

ABOUT 65 percent of farmers from areas devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda already harvested their crops as the government continues to provide assistance to those affected by the strongest typhoon in the country’s history, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Wednesday.

“This is a feat that we can be proud of . . . farmers from the provinces of Leyte and Samar have already harvested their first crops just months after Yolanda devastated majority of the agriculture areas in the country,” Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said.