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Super El Niño now bigger threat to agriculture than Iran crisis, says Gatchalian

The incoming Super El Niño poses a bigger threat to Philippine agriculture than the recently eased Iran conflict, Senate President Win Gatchalian warned Saturday, noting that several provinces have already declared a state of calamity due to severe drought conditions. Gatchalian raised the alarm in an interview on DZRH News program Special on Saturday on June 20, saying that even as the…

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