'It takes so much courage to be a farmer in this country and you can only wonder why they choose to take a loss year after year,” the group said.
, a non-government organization that advocates agri-entrepreneurshup, shared the impact of the coronavirus pandemic to farmers in the countryside, particularly farmers in Sto. Niño in the province of Cagayan.
“Last year caught the cabbage farmers of Cagayan entirely by surprise. And they were forced to plow the cabbages rather than lose more money to harvest them. 120 tons, and that’s only in the Baltazar couple’s farm. Can you imagine how much that is, how heart-breaking this is?” the post read. “It is almost too incredible to imagine that these poor people are in the same situation last year. It’s the same rotten reason that is gouging our farmers everywhere—this pandemic and its long-term effect on demand and logistics. How many times this was the reason? How many times more? How many more farmers? How many more years?” said Rural Rising.