MANILA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' agricultural sector has incurred 8.57 billion pesos (about 136 million U.S. dollars) in damage and losses from El Nino this year, the country's agriculture department said on Wednesday.
Over 288,000 farmers have been affected, and more than 291,100 hectares of agricultural land have been destroyed, figures from the department showed.
Of the total damage and losses, corn accounted for the biggest share at 5 billion pesos, while rice suffered losses of 2.95 billion pesos.
Livestock, including swine, carabao, duck, chicken, goat, cattle, turkey and goose, suffered losses of 37.75 million pesos. ■