Mere end en måned efter at tyfonen Bopha ramte den sydlige Filippinske ø Mindanao, står de overlevende nu over for en ny udfordring: At få noget at leve af. Hovedparten af indbyggerne arbejder på de ødelagte plantager, og det vil tage år at genopbygge landbrugsindustrien.
NEW BATAAN, 9. januar, 2013 (IRIN): “People need livelihoods. It will take years for the agriculture industry here to recover, and many rely on, and actually live off, the plantations,” Arturo Uy, governor of Compostela Valley Province, told IRIN on 9 January.
“Many are left without sources of income,” he said.
Some 80 percent of residents rely on subsistence farming, producing such things as coconut, vegetables, bananas, coffee and cocoa.
The storm, the strongest to hit Mindanao since records began, passed through the southern Philippines from Mindanao to Palawan on 4 December, making landfall three times, triggering landslides and extensive flooding.
Læs videre på: http://irinnews.org/Report/97205/PHILIPPINES-Crop-based-livelihoods-hit-by-Typhoon-Bopha
Begynd fra: “Worst affected was the eastern part…”
