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Typhoon Nibert caused agricultural damage in Pingtung to 8 days, about 19.88 million

Published: 2024-11-21 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/21, Typhoon Nibert caused agricultural damage in Pingtung County. According to the statistics of agricultural damage data by the Pingtung County government to the 8th, the damaged area of crops is about 372 hectares, and the loss amount is about 19.88 million yuan. The damaged crops are bananas with a serious area of about 205 hectares, followed by papaya with about 65 hectares...

The agricultural loss caused by Typhoon Niebert in Pingtung was about 19.88 million on the 8th.

Typhoon Niebert caused agricultural damage in Pingtung. According to the agricultural damage data of Pingtung County Government up to the 8th, the damage area of crops was about 372ha, with a loss of about 19.88 million yuan. Bananas were the most seriously damaged crops, followed by 65 hectares of papaya and 3 hectares of lemons. As for the fishing and livestock industry, no damage has been reported.

Yao Zhiwang, director of agriculture in Pingtung County, said that Typhoon Niebert's strong winds and heavy rain caused some of the currently harvested papayas and bananas to lodge, melons, leaves and vegetables to soak in water, and agricultural facilities were damaged.

Yao Zhiwang said: the current damage situation is preliminary statistical data, and the county government has asked all public offices to investigate and report the disaster situation as soon as possible. If they meet the natural disaster relief standards, they will request subsidies from the Council of Agriculture to reduce farmers' losses.

The Pingtung county government will continue to pay attention to the agricultural damage, and ask the township government to pay attention to the damage in the area at any time and report immediately. If farmers have agricultural disasters, they can also take the initiative to contact the township government.

According to the analysis of the fruit and vegetable market in Pingtung City, on the 8th, the weather was affected by Typhoon Niebert, the wind and rain were continuous, and the vegetable harvest was not easy, resulting in a reduction in the purchase of vegetables, as most underwriters did not enter the market, resulting in weaker purchasing power, weaker consumer demand, and poor trading market conditions, with prices of all kinds of vegetables showing a trend of rising less and falling more.

Statistics of agricultural losses in Pingtung caused by Typhoon ▲ Niebert were about 19.88 million up to the 8th.

 
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