"'Yung presyo na pinag-uusapan po natin ngayon na nag-raise po [sa] P650 to P700 sa merkado, 'yan po ay binili lamang po sa mga magsasaka ng San Jose, Occidental Mindoro ng P8 to 15 during harvest season... 'nung buwan po ng March to April," Calingasan told the senators.
The farmers in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro were "dismayed" after learning that the onions they sold at a farm gate price of P8 to P15 per kilogram during the harvest season were being sold at around P700 per kilogram in Metro Manila at the end of the year.
"Kaya talaga pong ganon na lang ang pagkadismaya ng aming mga magsasaka...dahil po sobrang taas po ang naging presyo ng sibuyas. Sobrang pinagsamantalahan po ang presyo ng sibuyas," he added. Elvin Jerome Laceda, the national president of Young Farmers Challenge Club of the Philippines, Inc., brought with him Merly, wife of one of the farmers who committed suicide last year.
Laceda then appealed to the officials present at the Senate hearing to buy the agricultural products at a price that is beneficial to the farmers and the consumers.
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