San Carlos asks DA for mango seedlings
SAN CARLOS CITY–This city, known as the province’s mango capital, has sought the assistance of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in reviving its mango industry following its massive devastation by Typhoon Cosme.
Mayor Julier Resuello said the city government has asked the DA for 50,000 grafted mango seedlings that the city’s producers can immediately replant to maintain the status of San Carlos as having the biggest mango output in Pangasinan.
Cosme’s damage to the province’s mango industry is estimated at P1.63 billion, mostly in this city, according to a report from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist.
An estimated 2,000 fruit-bearing mango trees, or 98 of every 100, were either uprooted or toppled down by the typhoon.
About 70 of the 86 barangays here are mango producers.
Resuello pointed out it will take time before the producers fully recover as it takes about five years at the very least for mangoes to bear fruits.
Meanwhile, Resuello said the city’s bamboo industry was also gravely affected but he expressed confidence that the city will eventually be able to recover from the losses brought by the natural disaster, the worst to hit the province since 2004.#
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