Farmer Raymond dela Cruz, 33, checks a portion of his dry rice field along the Pulilan-Baliuag Bypass Road in Bulacan on Monday. Dela Cruz said they harvested rice from the field last December and should have planted anew last January, but the water from irrigation just arrived this month – indicating a water shortage due to El Niño.
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