The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) is in the process of releasing PHP9.3 million worth of indemnity checks to farmers whose insured agricultural crops were damaged by typhoons last year.

Clogene Galuego, PCIC Antique head, said in an interview on Thursday that they released checks to 1,915 farmers, mostly palay farmers, starting Wednesday.

“The PCIC is releasing indemnity checks to farmers whose crops had been damaged by typhoons Tino and Uwan,” he said.

A farmer with a one-hectare damaged rice crop can receive PHP20,000 and PHP10,000 for half-a-hectare.

Galuego said the farmers from San Jose de Buenavista, Hamtic and San Remegio get their claims at the nearby PCIC provincial office in San Jose de Buenavista.

“Farmers from other municipalities will be notified on the schedule of the release of their claims at the Municipal Agriculture Office, so they do not have to go to the PCIC provincial office anymore,” he said.

Galuego said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. also released a separate amount of PHP485,213 to the initial 70 farmers during his visit to Hamtic, Antique.

“With the release of indemnity checks, farmers in Antique would already have some amount to buy farm inputs this dry cropping season,” he said. (PNA)