Mga pananim sa Cebu, nasisira dahil sa matinding init at kakulangan ng supply ng tubig
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00:00A farmer in Cebu gave away 15,000 kilos of tomatoes.
00:05How did it get spoiled and spoiled so fast?
00:08Because of the hot weather and the lack of water supply in the area.
00:12The details in the report of Jesse Atienza of PTV Cebu.
00:18These tomatoes are small and spoiled.
00:21They are lying on the side of Emilio's store.
00:25He gave away 15,000 kilos of tomatoes for free to his neighbors.
00:30He also showed his farm.
00:33It's a pity that the lack of water supply in their area was spoiled by El Nino.
00:39Even his own water impounding system is depleting.
00:43According to Emilio's estimate, he lost more than a million pesos.
00:48We harvested there in March.
00:51But we didn't get a lot of fruits.
00:54There were a lot of small tomatoes.
00:57So what we did to make it not wasted,
01:02we gave it to our neighbors,
01:06those who want to use tomatoes,
01:11so it won't be wasted 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 pressing for immediate help to the farmers
01:34in the 28 mountainous barangays in the village.
01:39I immediately wrote the mayor
01:42that I will visit the barangays
01:45as long as it's for food.
01:48Because the mountaineers don't have money.
01:53They don't have money because they don't produce.
01:57So I said, let's give it to them.
02:00There's also a committee fund.
02:03Give 25 kilos to each farmer.
02:06My estimate is that it will cost almost 50 million pesos.
02:10One farmer is good for 25 kilos.
02:14At least, it will reach that by May.
02:17Because we expect by May or June,
02:20there will be a little rain.
02:24But now, there's really nothing.
02:27The tomatoes that can't be sold are being given for free.
02:31But for farmers like Emilio,
02:34they will continue to plant until they can get even a little water.
02:39As a farmer, it's our obligation to produce food.
02:44If we stop because of the heat or the climate,
02:50what will the people who don't plant have to eat?
02:54So let's continue to plant, even if it's just a little.
02:58Let's maximize the small source of water
03:03so that we can still produce food.
03:08From PTV Cebu, Jesse Atienza for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.