And one other impact on the agricultural sector was Hurricane Lisa. In yesterday's interview with Minister of Disaster Risk Management Orlando Habet, the media asked him for updates on the total damages following the storm. He explained that they're still working on the figure, but so far, it's up in the hundreds of millions.
Orlando Habet, Minister of Sustainable Development
"It's a lot of money, it's over 250 million dollars that the initial assessment came up with but what I can report on is that there is a new needs assessment being done with the assistance of UNDP and so they're bringing in professionals in the field who are still taking the same report that has been done by DANA but they will be strengthening it by doing some more research and trying to come up with a more substantive figure that certainly encompasses not only the physical damage but social and other effects."
