Ilang magsasaka, naghabol sa pag-ani o pagsalba ng tanim sa gitna ng malakas na ulan

2 months ago

Lubog na nga sa baha, lubog pa sa utang ang ilang magsasaka sa Occidental Mindoro dahil sa mga nasirang pananim ng nagdaang Bagyong Kristine. At hindi pa man nakakabangon, bagong kalbaryo ang epekto ng Bagyong #LeonPH.

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00:00Some farmers in Occidental Mindoro are already drowning in the flood and debt due to the damaged crops caused by the Christine typhoon.

00:12And the effect of the Lion Typhoon has not yet recovered.

00:18From the town of Mamburao, this is Ma'am Gonzales, Ma'am.

00:24There are millions of crops lost due to the Christine typhoon in Occidental Mindoro.

00:32But since it's still raining, it looks like some of our farmers have nothing left to harvest.

00:41Zero visibility on the National Highway in Occidental Mindoro this afternoon due to the strong rainfall of the Lion Typhoon.

00:48Even though the typhoon is in the north of Luzon, the province of Caulapangdala is still affected by the rain.

00:57That's why these farmers in the town of Santa Cruz are chasing the typhoon to harvest their crops.

01:07They should have done this in mid-October if the Christine typhoon didn't hit.

01:19Half of the three hectares?

01:21One and a half hectares were also damaged.

01:24Oh, one and a half hectares?

01:26Yes.

01:27This is what happened to their rice paddies.

01:31Half of the three hectares were damaged due to the Christine typhoon.

01:35Usually, that's around 100 cabanas for one hectare.

01:39But now, they're lucky because others only have 2 to 3 cabanas to harvest from one whole hectare.

01:47But the farmers we talked to earlier were saddened by the fact that their crops were affected by the typhoon.

01:56On the other hand, the farmers are working hard all day long.

02:00We've been doing this for years.

02:03We're lucky that the typhoon didn't hit us.

02:06If it hit us, we would've lost everything.

02:08If we work hard, we would've lost everything.

02:12We would've tried to borrow money again.

02:15But if they have a glimmer of hope, others, like Adeliza, are still waiting.

02:21The rain didn't stop.

02:24Even if it stopped for a day, the water was still flooded.

02:28My husband went there earlier.

02:30The bottom was already black.

02:33And there was a part where the rice was already sour.

02:37Adeliza's brother was able to harvest, but it was difficult to dry the rice because of the heavy rain.

02:44That's why he covered the road with a tarp, like other farmers.

02:48Adeliza only experienced this in 25 years of farming.

02:53The 100,000 pesos that she earned, it looks like it was paid by the typhoon.

02:58We're hoping that we can spend it on our children.

03:01Like I said, we haven't been able to harvest yet.

03:04We will borrow money again to start.

03:07If we still have money, we will borrow again.

03:09We still have a lot of countrymen who will harvest.

03:11The flood affected us.

03:14Even though we weren't affected by the flood,

03:16a lot of rice got wet, fell, and collapsed.

03:21A lot of rice didn't dry up.

03:23That's why the total loss, as of now, in agriculture, is about 165 million pesos.

03:35Mel, for now, the rain has stopped here in Mamburao.

03:39But the local government is still on standby in case the weather gets worse.

03:44Thank you very much, Ma'am Gonzalez.

Ilang magsasaka, naghabol sa pag-ani o pagsalba ng tanim sa gitna ng malakas na ulan | 24 Oras

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