00:00 I will not give you the money.
00:02 Anyone would be ashamed if their harvest of cabbage worth P30,000 to P50,000 is thrown away.
00:11 There is no profit. And the price is low, so we just drink.
00:17 For months, the farmers of Benguet have been facing the so-called oversupply of cabbages.
00:25 According to the authorities, the number of buyers is low, so they cannot buy all the cabbages.
00:32 Those that cannot be sold are just thrown on the side of the road.
00:40 If the Department of Agriculture will ask,
00:46 the farmers planted too much, so there was an oversupply.
00:52 But is the reason why the farmers are being thrown away really an oversupply?
00:58 The local government has a different view.
01:04 The importation of vegetables has an effect,
01:09 especially carrots and other vegetables that can be imported to our country.
01:17 Because the buyers will not go to Benguet because they have a supply in their local market.
01:26 Dandi studied for several years the planting of vegetables in Bugyas.
01:40 A former teacher in a public school, Dandi decided to become a farmer
01:46 to provide his parents with the land he planted.
01:51 Like other farmers, Dandi also wonders why the price of cabbage in the market is so low.
02:03 Now, they have not changed the way they plant.
02:10 Before, they used to sell it for 20 pesos per kilo.
02:15 Back then, we used to sell directly to the buyers' shop.
02:23 They would get all our vegetables.
02:28 We would not leave any behind or return them.
02:33 We would give them away, not like now, we would give them away.
02:37 Why do you only give away now? What is the difference now?
02:41 Because there are no buyers, and instead of being crushed by cars,
02:47 or being thrown away, if we return them to the garden,
02:54 they will be consumed by the crude oil.
03:00 Dandi gets four tons of cabbage from his farm.
03:19 Each is first class.
03:22 It is grown in a fertilizer and has a good climate.
03:27 I hope this is enough to be able to get it back somehow.
03:42 The next day, the vegetables are sent to the latrine.
03:49 The cabbage is on the road for more than four hours.
03:55 I hope it will not be crushed on the way.
04:00 I hope it will not be crushed on the way.
04:03 [Music]
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