First, a shortage, now a surplus.
While some of the country’s staple goods are bearing the brunt of inflation due to supply shortages, at the same time, some farmers are suffering due to an oversupply of their crops such as cabbage and garlic that is tanking their market prices.
His comment came in response to reports that the northern province of Batanes produced a surplus of 25 metric tons of garlic, prompting Governor Marilou Cayco to plead with buyers to purchase their supply. The farmer said they opted to destroy their cabbage harvest rather than try to sell them due to their area’s meager trading prices of PHP5 a kilogram . In Metro Manila, cabbage is being sold at PHP60 a kilogram — but he said getting a truck to haul their harvest to even the nearest market would only further increase their losses.The undersecretary blamed farmers for planting crops without thinking about the market for their produce.
While the undersecretary’s suggestion sounds good in theory, we can’t help but think of this Bea Alonzo meme:
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