Walang oversupply sa highland vegetables, ayon sa Dept. of Agriculture | Saksi
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00:00 On the other hand, a viral video of a bunch of vegetables being thrown away because no one is buying them
00:06 due to the Department of Agriculture's lack of over-supply of highland vegetables.
00:10 Witness, Katrina Son.
00:12 Vegetables from the North are falling in price in the Marikina market.
00:21 The amount of cauliflower that used to cost P300 per kilo is now P200.
00:26 20 to 30 pesos per kilo of cabbage and carrots are being sold.
00:31 The price of cabbage and carrots is even lower in Bankietaman or in Balintawak Market where vegetables are falling.
00:38 In Cordillera, the price of cabbage and Chinese pechay or wumbok is falling to P10.
00:44 At some point, videos of a bunch of cabbage being thrown away were viral.
00:52 It was brought to a trading post in Latrinidad, Benguet, but no one bought it.
00:57 Their price is P30,000 to P50,000.
01:00 The price is really falling.
01:04 To help farmers, DA Cordillera distributed cabbage to the surrounding provinces and regions.
01:11 According to DA Cordillera, the over-supply of cabbage and wumbok is experiencing
01:16 because the price of cabbage and wumbok is falling to P10 per kilo.
01:20 The products of the farming and trading posts in Benguet also went out of stock
01:24 because there are almost no truckers or buyers who go up to buy these.
01:29 According to the Department of Agriculture, there is no over-supply of highland vegetables.
01:34 The production is also falling if you look at the data of 2023.
01:38 The first report of Cordillera, of our Cordillera Regional Field Office,
01:44 the first three days, there were not many travelers who went up to our trading post.
01:51 After that, it went back to the previous level.
01:54 To avoid overproduction and loss of farmers,
01:58 Agriculture Secretary Francisco Chu Laurel Jr. planned to put cold storage facilities.
02:04 When the Secretary made this plan, it is a chiller storage network.
02:10 This will help a lot in logistics and distribution systems.
02:15 For GMA Integrated News, I'm Katrina Sun, your witness.
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