Why should Benguet farmers feel sad nowadays?
1. The prices of vegetables are making them unable to recover their capitals for their crop. I feel sorry and pity the farmers because first class cabbages are bought by vegetable dealers at about 10 pesos per kilo. The famous Sayote (Chayote) is paid by vegetable at about 3 pesos per kilo. Almost all Benguet vegetables are paid at a price that is not commensurate to what is fair for the farmers. The irony is, when you get to buy vegetables at the market or department stores, the prices are about 5 times what the farmers are being paid.
2. The routes that farmers follow to deliver their goods to the trading centers are with issues. Slides along the roads happen. In fact, one bridge is currently in a potential state of being closed for maintenance(Km 6 Balili bridge is wearing out. Heavy trucks are not allowed to pass thru the bridge.)
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