STA. BARBARA- The Department of Agriculture (DA) is bracing for the El Niño phenomenon, which is expected to peak next month until January 2016 and could turn into one of the worst on record.

DA-Region 1 Executive Director Valentin Perdido said his agency is set to implement some mitigating measures in the region, specifically, “to help irrigate the fields through the construction of small water-impounding systems.”

Farmers have also been advised to plant short gestation crops.

To support production, DA will distribute drought and pest-tolerant palay varieties of seeds and open-pollinated variety corn seedlings and monggo as alternative crops.  (VHS/AMM/PIA-1, Pangasinan)

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