Prolonged dry spell exacts heavy toll on Visayas farms

TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL, Philippines — For farmer Jess Milagrosa, there is little left to do but watch his rice plants wither under Bohol’s relentless heat. Milagrosa’s 1,000-square-meter rice field in Carmen town has been badly damaged by the prolonged dry spell, leaving him unable to save much of his crop. “I could no longer save