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Philippines vegetable prices skyrocket after typhoon ‘Ompong’

foodmate 2018-09-20
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Benguet Provincial Agriculturist, Lolita Bentres, and Benguet Farmers Marketing Cooperative general manager, Augusta Balanoy, said the very high price of vegetables is due to the impassable roads, but assured there is an ample supply of highland vegetables.

Prices of vegetables at the La Trinidad Vegetable Trading Post, as of September 18, indicates ₱200 to 270 for carrots, ₱90 to 105 for cabbage and ₱40 to 100 for wombok.

based on initial data from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, damage to the agricultural sector in Benguet has reached ₱181.258 million, although the data is still subject to validation by officials of the 13 municipalities.

In the province, there were 10,374 affected out of the 57,369 farmers.

Sunstar.com.ph reported on Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, who was also in the province with President Rodrigo Duterte, said Ompong could be recorded as the second most destructive typhoon in recent memory for the country.

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