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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.