Tuwing Amihan Season, nakakaranas ng Andap o Frost ang mga magsasaka sa Atok, Benguet! Paano ito nakaapekto sa kanila? Panooirin ang special report ng Unang Hirit.
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00:00Every winter season or when the weather is cold,
00:04the people of Atok Benguet experience a cold or frost.
00:11How does this affect them?
00:13Here is my special report.
00:16The day of the 56th anniversary of Mang Ruben begins at the farm.
00:31This morning, he will go around half an hectare of his farm here in Atok Benguet.
00:38He will see if the crops are covered by frost or frost.
00:42Every winter season or when the weather is cold,
00:44the people of Atok Benguet experience a cold or frost.
00:48Because of this, the crops that are covered by frost are almost white.
00:52The cold or frost is unpredictable.
00:55But when it's really humid
01:01and the temperature reaches zero in the ground,
01:06that's when the cold or frost occurs.
01:08It's a good thing that it's windy today so there's no frost.
01:16According to Engineer Larry Esperanza,
01:19Chief Meteorological Officer of Pag-asa Baguio,
01:22frost occurs every winter season or when the weather is cold.
01:26It usually starts in December to February.
01:29There are many factors.
01:31First, the elevation of a place.
01:35At least more than 1,600 above mean sea level.
01:39And then the temperature must be lower than 12 degrees Celsius.
01:43In the past few weeks, the weather has been affected by frost.
01:47As you can see here, these cabbages have no frost.
01:51The frost occurs because the moisture is cold.
01:55It freezes and that's why the ice crystals are dripping.
01:58As you can see, it turns white here.
02:00And it happens every day.
02:02It lasts for months.
02:04If the plants are exposed to frost,
02:06they dry up and sometimes,
02:08their affected parts die.
02:12Since the beginning of the season,
02:14this year, the frost doesn't last for more than a week.
02:18It's a good news for farmers like Mr. Ruben.
02:22Because the chance of it affecting their plants is smaller.
02:26The plants are recovered.
02:28If it's harvested, it won't be included.
02:30According to the experts,
02:32the wind and clear skies are also a factor in the formation of the drought.
02:36If it's cloudy,
02:38the heat won't come out.
02:41The water in our droughts melts.
02:44So when it rains, there's no frost.
02:47Possibly because of the high temperature,
02:50the droughts in the area didn't continue.
02:55Because the farmers experience droughts every year,
02:59their strategy is to water the plants
03:01so the frost melts the plants.
03:05We can water the plants
03:07because we can't do it now
03:09while it's still raining.
03:11The frost will be heavier.
03:13The other farmers,
03:15are in a hurry to plant
03:17so they can harvest early
03:19and don't have to wait until it rains.
03:21How are you, Tangay?
03:23You're cold, right?
03:25They said you're cold.
03:27They said they're fine.
03:30Just like the group of Kuya Benny
03:32that we were able to harvest
03:34in Wombok or Pechay, Baguio.
03:36They waited for more than 2 months
03:38before harvesting these.
03:40What others do is
03:42they estimate when to harvest.
03:44They harvest earlier
03:46so they don't have to wait
03:48until it rains.
03:50If you harvest earlier,
03:52will it be lighter?
03:54Of course, it will decrease.
03:57It will be heavier
03:59than what you expected.
04:01That's the system
04:03of the farming of the group.
04:05It means that they will help
04:07the farmers of their group.
04:09We were able to harvest them
04:11in Pechay, Baguio
04:13and they have a process
04:15that they do.
04:17Let's see.
04:19In the farming of Pechay, Baguio,
04:21the damaged leaves are removed.
04:23If more leaves are removed,
04:25the quality of the harvest will decrease.
04:27This is our lower class.
04:29As you can see,
04:31its color is whiter.
04:33Now, more leaves are removed
04:35because it depends on many factors.
04:37It includes the weather,
04:39sometimes when it rains
04:41and actually
04:43even when it's hot.
04:45From the start of planting
04:47to harvesting
04:49and transporting these,
04:51everything has a cost.
04:53Their second class
04:55or their lower class
04:57of bamboo
04:59is just thrown away.
05:01After a whole day of harvesting,
05:03they were able to fill
05:0590 to 140 baskets
05:07of Pechay, Baguio.
05:09One basket
05:11weighs 40 to 50 kilograms.
05:15It's hard to be a farmer
05:17but that's how it is.
05:19We are used to farming.
05:21It's hard.
05:23You don't know
05:25when the harvest will be good
05:27or when the price will be good.
05:29In order to reduce the tiredness
05:31of the whole day,
05:33Chef JR has a special recipe
05:35for our fellow farmers.
05:37The ingredients are from the farm.
05:39It includes Pechay, Baguio
05:41that cannot be sold anymore.
05:43We will make Chapsuy
05:45with Kiniing.
05:47Kiniing is
05:49our way of preserving
05:51the meat
05:53compared to the traditional Itag.
05:55This is smoked.
05:57By doing that, plus the weather here,
05:59the shelf life is prolonged.
06:01Once the pork is brown,
06:05it's the perfect time
06:07to sear the chicken.
06:13Here's the onion.
06:15Let's season it
06:18with the oyster sauce.
06:20Next up, the carrots,
06:22the wombok,
06:24and the bell pepper.
06:26Let it boil for 3-5 minutes
06:28and we're ready to serve.
06:36Mmm!
06:38That's delicious, Chef!
06:42Of course,
06:44it's approved by our fellow farmers.
06:46There's no guarantee
06:48when there will be a new crop
06:50in Atok.
06:52The farmers say
06:54it's like a gamble.
06:56But now that they're ready
06:58to gamble,
07:00the farmers are ready
07:02to accept the weather.
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07:25Thank you!
07:27Let's go!