Losses from Typhoon Jangmi exceed NT$2 bil.

The same tallies showed that as many as 57,187 hectares of farming area were damaged by about 22 percent, translating into 12,864 hectares in harvestless farmland.

Of the agricultural products damaged, aquatic rice suffered the most, while such produce as grapes, oranges, bananas, pears, edible corn, peanuts, papaya, guava, scallion, wax apples, and dates were also damaged.

Meanwhile, livestock losses came to NT$5.74 million, fishery losses NT$81.89 million, forestry losses NT$1.51 million, farming facilities losses NT$58.42 million, livestock raising facilities losses NT$25.40 million, and fishery facilities losses NT$4 million.

COA officials said that farmers in six counties are qualified to apply for relief funds from the government, including Miaoli County, Taichung County, Changhua County, Yunlin County, Chiayi County and Tainan County, based on the regulations governing relief subsidies to victims to natural disasters.

In addition, suffering farmers in nine counties and cities can apply for low-interest loans from the government, including Yilan County, Miaoli County, Taichung County, Changhua County, Yunlin County, Chiayi County, Chiayi City, Tainan County, and Pingtung County.

Also yesterday, according to the commodity prices stabilization panel of the Executive Yuan, there will be a decrease of some 5,000 to 10,000 metric tons of rice production as a result of the typhoon’s impact, but the decrease is not large enough to affect the rice price for next year.

A panel spokesman said that the COA will move to adjust the rice supply to stabilize the domestic rice prices.

The spokesman said that leafy vegetables saw their prices surge by 30-50 percent as a result of the impact of both Typhoons Sinlaku and Jangmi.

As the weather is getting cool, he continued, the supply of scallion in central and southern Taiwan is expected to rebound gradually.

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