Agriculture Secretary William Dar says the department will buy fruits and vegetables that traders wouldn't buy and sell them in Metro Manila at low prices
[Translation: At the bagsakan centers or trading centers, the farmers will bring the products. Our instruction to the trading centers is if no one buys these tons of vegatables and fruits, we will bring it to Metro Manila.]
Dar said they have partnered with several private sector groups who will bring the products to Metro Manila. They will be retailed at the department’s Katuwang sa Diwa at Gawa para sa Masaganang Ani at Mataas na Kita rollout stores in different barangays. The Kadiwa stores sell products in urban areas directly from farmer-producers in the provinces and sell them to consumers at low prices.
Dar said the intervention will benefit countryside farmers directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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