The farmgate price of tomatoes dropped to P3 to P5 per kilo amid oversupply in the market. Agriculture Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Kristine Evangelista has stated that necessary actions are now being implemented to help the affected farmers, particularly in Regions 2 and 3. She admitted that the decrease in farmgate price of tomatoes was due to the logistical issue of oversupply.
She said: “We will get in touch with our regional field office. We donated 10 trucks to the local government unit. This is the Kadiwa grant in Benguet. The trucks were donated to help the farmers in transporting their products either to the trading post or to the Kadiwa centers.”
She added that the cooperatives are encouraged to buy the agricultural products of small farmers.
Despite a decline in farmgate price of tomatoes, based on the monitoring of the DA yesterday, the retail price of tomatoes in Metro Manila markets remained high at P25 to P60 per kilo.
[ P100 = €1.70 ]
Source: philstar.com
