PAGADIAN
CITY: There was abundance for the region in terms of crop and yield in October,
a new BAS monthly agricultural situation report on Zampen said.
The
report said that only there was only an initial crop damage of palay in
Zamboanga due to heavy rains and flash flood, including their corn farmers.
All
of October, harvesting of corn in some parts of Mampang, Mercedes and Ayala
Districts was noted while about ten hectares of palay were harvested in
Villahermosa and Isis Polanco in Zambonorte.
Irrigated
palay areas in some barangays of Dipolog City, Katipunan and Polanco were
reported to be into land preparation activities.
In
Zambosibugay, the harvesting of irrigated and rainfed palay areas was noted but
due to sufficient water supply, land preparation was already started in some
irrigated areas that were harvested earlier.
In
Zamboanga City, there was sufficient supply of marine products despite the bad
weather condition in the early part of October while Zambonorte reported lesser
supply of fish due to rough seas.
Zambosur
fish production increased last month due to good weather condition as it was
the peak season for some species like frigate tuna, eastern little tuna,
anchovies, yellow fin tuna and sardines.
As
to fruits and vegetables, Zambonorte boasts of ample supply of mango, ampalaya,
eggplant as ginger in Dipolog City Public Market was minimal and the price of
rubber cup lump decreased.
In
Zambosibugay, price of seaweed decreased, according to BFAR, due to impurities
or the over usage of salt material mixed in dried seaweed to make it appear
heavier during weighing and low quality of products due to usage of fertilizers
during cultivation period.
Still
in Sibugay, there was a low supply of fruits in the market but with high retail
prices.