00:00 In the midst of the El Niño effect,
00:02 the government is calling for new assistance from farmers in Isabela.
00:08 The corn there is already drying up,
00:11 and some of the vegetables are being harvested.
00:15 So far, farmers are hoping to get help,
00:18 like a replacement for their fields.
00:20 They hope that President Bongbong Marcos will give them an answer.
00:26 Isabela is one of the corn-producing provinces
00:30 that produces 1 million tons of corn annually.
00:33 But it's getting smaller this year
00:36 due to the increasing number of crops that are being destroyed.
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