Philippines Races to Revive Typhoon-Battered Farms

In typhoon-hit parts of the central Philippines, there is a race to get crops planted. Officials say fast-harvest crops are critical for survivors' food needs once relief aid runs out. Typhoon Haiyan has so far killed more than 6,000 people and left about 1,800 missing. The latest government figures put damage to farmland in the affected central provinces at almost $395 million. In the hardest hit areas people rely on subsistence farming and fishing to get by. And agriculture...

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