Mga pananim sa Cebu, nababansot at nalalanta dahil sa tindi ng init ng panahon at kakulangan ng suplay ng tubig

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Mga pananim sa Cebu, nababansot at nalalanta dahil sa tindi ng init ng panahon at kakulangan ng suplay ng tubig;  15-K kamatis, libreng ipinamigay ng isang magsasaka

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00:0015,000 kilos of tomatoes were given for free by a farmer in Cebu.

00:06It was sold out quickly due to the hot weather and the lack of water supply in the area.

00:14This is what Jesse Atienza of PTV Cebu reported.

00:18These tomatoes are small and dilapidated.

00:22They are lying on the side of Emilio's store.

00:2515,000 kilos of tomatoes were given for free by a farmer in Cebu.

00:31He also showed us his farm.

00:34It was dilapidated due to the lack of water supply in their area, Bonsod ng El Nino.

00:39Even with his own water impounding system, the water is being drained.

00:44According to Emilio's estimate, he lost more than a million pesos.

00:49We harvested tomatoes in March, but we didn't get many fruits.

00:55There were a lot of small tomatoes.

00:58What we did was not to waste them.

01:03We gave them to our neighbors who wanted to use tomatoes

01:11so it wouldn't go to waste because it's not marketable because they are small.

01:17Emilio is just one of the farmers in Barangay Sud Londos of Cebu City

01:22whose crops were affected by the hot weather.

01:25The farmers' situation reached the office of the Committee on Agriculture in the council.

01:31They are now pushing for immediate help to the farmers in 28 barangays in the village.

01:39I immediately wrote the mayor

01:42that the immediate thing for them to do is to provide food.

01:49Because the villagers don't have money anymore.

01:54They don't have money because they don't have produce.

01:58So I said, let's just give them, because there's also a calamity fund.

02:03Give them 25 kilos each farmer.

02:07My estimate is that it will cost almost 50 million pesos.

02:11One farmer is good for 25 kilos.

02:15At least, by May.

02:18Because we expect that by May or June, there will be a little rain.

02:25But now, there's really nothing.

02:28The tomatoes that cannot be sold are now being given for free.

02:32But for farmers like Emilio, they will continue to plant

02:37until they can get even a little water.

02:40As a farmer, it is our obligation to produce food.

02:45If we stop because of the heat or because of the climate,

02:51what will those who don't plant eat?

02:55So let's still plant, even if it's just a little.

02:59Let's maximize the small source of our water

03:06so that we can still produce food.

03:09From PTV Cebu, Jesse Atienza for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.

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