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DA orders PCIC to review insurance policy


PIA
26 Oct 2016

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Oct. 26 (PIA) - Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pintilde;ol said the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) should review their insurance policy to ensure that farmers should receive something ahead of time before the expected typhoon which later result to the damage of their crops.

Pintilde;ol said farmers here received assistanceafter their crops have been damaged which should not be the case.

The standard procedure of the PCIC in applying the coverage is that the farmer or group of farmersmay file any day before the date of planting up to 15 calendar days after planting.

As a recommendation, he said that index losses should be the basis in providingassistance instead of accounting the damage losses.

"For example, when the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has failed to release water within such period when farmers needed it, losses on their part were already incurred,"he said.

He urged the PCIC that during this time, there should already be corresponding assistance. (ALM/GVB/PIA-2 Cagayan)

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